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Less household waste going to landfill in Europe

News Published 14 Nov 2016 Last modified 22 Feb 2017

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Photo: © Andrei Marin, My City EEA

European countries are improving their methods to prevent household trash and other municipal waste from ending up in landfill sites. Recycling rates, in particular, have increased considerably across Europe over the past decade, due in part to European environmental policies, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published today.