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Background About 252 million tonnes of municipal waste is generated each year in the EU (2010 statistics), of which 37% are landfilled, 24% recycled, 14% composted and the rest incinerated with or without energy recovery. Although the EU has built a strong set of waste legislation, adequate implementation is still missing in many parts of the EU. The mo ...

Background Small island countries are characterised by a small size of population and land area and they generate a relatively limited volume of waste. These characteristics make waste management relatively expensive and can render the implementation of specific waste recovery and recycling schemes economically unfeasible. Small islands often rely more on ...