Municipal waste in Poland ‘second lowest in EU’: Eurostat
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
22.03.2016 14:51
Poles generated an average of 272 kg of municipal waste in 2014, placing them second lowest in the European Union, according to the European statistics office, Eurostat.
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“With less than 300 kg per person, Romania (based on 2013 data), Poland and Latvia had the lowest amounts of waste generated in 2014, followed by the Czech Republic and Slovakia (both just over 300 kg per person),” said the report, published by Eurostat on Tuesday.
The office added that in the whole of the EU, the amount of municipal waste generated per person in 2014 amounted to 475 kg, “down by 10 percent compared with its peak of 527 kg per person in 2002”.
The highest level of waste was recorded in Denmark, with 759 kg per person. (rg/pk)