waste into landfills in the European Union. Open dumps and landfills are the most common waste disposal methods worldwide.
Waste is illegally dumped at thousands of sites across Europe. There were more than 9,000 illegal dumps reported in Albania as of 2021. This was followed by Slovakia and Romania, which had 8,334 and 7,173 illegal dumps, respectively. Romania disposes of the most non-hazardous Number of illegal dumps reported in Europe as of 2021, by country
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TrashOut. (March 4, 2021). Number of illegal dumps reported in Europe as of 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 12, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/990529/estimated-number-of-illegal-dumps-in-europe/
TrashOut. "Number of illegal dumps reported in Europe as of 2021, by country." Chart. March 4, 2021. Statista. Accessed April 12, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990529/estimated-number-of-illegal-dumps-in-europe/
TrashOut. (2021). Number of illegal dumps reported in Europe as of 2021, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 12, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990529/estimated-number-of-illegal-dumps-in-europe/
TrashOut. "Number of Illegal Dumps Reported in Europe as of 2021, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990529/estimated-number-of-illegal-dumps-in-europe/
TrashOut, Number of illegal dumps reported in Europe as of 2021, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990529/estimated-number-of-illegal-dumps-in-europe/ (last visited April 12, 2021)