Germany and France were the European Union (EU-27) member countries with most of the construction waste in 2020. While Germany generated 226 million metric tons of construction waste, those figures amounted to nearly 213 million metric tons in France. Overall, the waste generated by the construction industry in the EU-27 had been increasing between 2014 and 2018, but it dropped again in 2020. That decrease may be partly explained by the lower production levels in the EU's construction sector that year.
Generation of waste by the construction industry in the European Union (EU-27) from 2004 to 2020, by country
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Bulgaria
Czechia
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Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Austria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
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Eurostat. (May 30, 2023). Generation of waste by the construction industry in the European Union (EU-27) from 2004 to 2020, by country (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399014/waste-generation-by-the-construction-industry-in-the-eu-by-country/
Eurostat. "Generation of waste by the construction industry in the European Union (EU-27) from 2004 to 2020, by country (in million metric tons)." Chart. May 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399014/waste-generation-by-the-construction-industry-in-the-eu-by-country/
Eurostat. (2023). Generation of waste by the construction industry in the European Union (EU-27) from 2004 to 2020, by country (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399014/waste-generation-by-the-construction-industry-in-the-eu-by-country/
Eurostat. "Generation of Waste by The Construction Industry in The European Union (Eu-27) from 2004 to 2020, by Country (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399014/waste-generation-by-the-construction-industry-in-the-eu-by-country/
Eurostat, Generation of waste by the construction industry in the European Union (EU-27) from 2004 to 2020, by country (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399014/waste-generation-by-the-construction-industry-in-the-eu-by-country/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Generation of waste by the construction industry in the European Union (EU-27) from 2004 to 2020, by country (in million metric tons) [Graph], Eurostat, May 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1399014/waste-generation-by-the-construction-industry-in-the-eu-by-country/