Municipal waste by waste management operations

In 2007, Belgium's municipal waste by waste management operations increased by 1.6% compared to 2006, reaching 493.0.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 517.0.

Belgium ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.3% (from 482.0 in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset env_wasmun, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.