Municipal waste treatment methods and waste per capita in the EU-28 (2014)

As shown in Figure 1, the share of recycling
and composting among waste treatment methods ranges from 64% in Germany to 12% in Malta and Slovakia (EU average: 44%); seven Member States landfill less than 10% of
their municipal waste, while eight Member States landfill over 70% of their municipal waste (EU average: 28%); the amount of municipal waste per capita and per year varies from 254 kg in Romania to 758 kg in Denmark (EU
average: 474 kg).