Progress of European countries up the municipal bio-waste recycling hierarchy, 2001–2010

Methodology

The recycling rates are calculated as share of municipal waste that is composted or anaerobically digested, and the countries are then grouped into categories.

Units

Number of countries related to the following intervals of bio-waste recycling: 0%-10%, 10%-20%, 20%-30%, 30%-40% 40%-50% and 50%-100%

Additional information

Note: The greener the bars, the higher the recycling rate. Number of countries within each recycling category indicated in the white boxes. Information is not available for one country in 2001.

For Iceland 2008 data is used for 2010. For Slovenia 2002 data are used for 2001 and 2009 data are used for 2010. Croatia is not included for 2001