Table 15.6 - Number of landfills in selected European countries

Sources: OECD/Eurostat; EEA-TF (see Statistical Compendium)

Country Year Number of
landfill sites
Total capacity
(1000 tonnes)
Austria 1990 160 3216
Belgium 1990 30 ­
Croatia 1990 350 1342
Czech Republic 1990 844 ­
Estonia 1991 250 ­
Finland 1990 750 25 000
France 1990 484 16 000
Germany 1987 10 400 ­
Italy 1991 1463 33 681
Latvia 1990 504 ­
Luxembourg 1990 4 150
Moldova 1990 1353 ­
The Netherlands 1990 373 ­
Norway 1990 500 ­
Poland 1990 13 813 79 298
Portugal 1990 303 821
Slovak Republic 1992 7200 ­
Slovenia 1991 56 3502
Spain 1990 94 9376
Sweden 1990 282 7500
Switzerland 1990 60 20 000
Ukraine 1990 2760 2 500 000
UK 1990 4193 ­