France produced nearly 310 million metric tons of waste in 2020. Non-hazardous mineral waste accounted for more than 65 percent of the total waste generated that year. Meanwhile, only about 11.2 million metric tons of France's waste was hazardous.
Total waste generation in France in 2020, by waste category
(in million metric tons)
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Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. (November 30, 2023). Total waste generation in France in 2020, by waste category (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/783304/production-waste-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. "Total waste generation in France in 2020, by waste category (in million metric tons)." Chart. November 30, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/783304/production-waste-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. (2023). Total waste generation in France in 2020, by waste category (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/783304/production-waste-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires. "Total Waste Generation in France in 2020, by Waste Category (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/783304/production-waste-france/
Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires, Total waste generation in France in 2020, by waste category (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/783304/production-waste-france/ (last visited October 06, 2024)
Total waste generation in France in 2020, by waste category (in million metric tons) [Graph], Ministère de la Transition écologique et de la Cohésion des territoires, November 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/783304/production-waste-france/
