Number of illegal dumps containing plastic waste in Europe 2024, by country

Published by
Bruna Alves,
Oct 22, 2024

As of October 2024, the number of estimated illegal dumps containing plastic waste in Romania reached almost 10,600, the largest number recorded across Europe. Slovakia registered the second-highest count of illegal dumps that year, at some 6,800.

Estimated number of illegal dumps containing plastic waste in Europe as of October 2024, by select country

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October 2024

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Europe

Survey time period

October 2024

Supplementary notes

The illegal dumps vary in size, from fitting into a bag to needing a car for removal. 

Figures also include dumps that have been cleaned since the reporting. No information available for Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Latvia and the Netherlands.

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