Eurostat: Romania, Bulgaria Rank Last In EU By Municipal Waste Recycled In 2008
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Just 1% of the 382 kilograms of waste produced in 2008 by each Romanian living in cities or large towns has been recycled, while the remainder has been stored, temporarily or permanently, in landfills, according to a statistic released by Eurostat. The only country with a lower recycling rate than Romania is its neighbor Bulgaria, according to Eurostat. In Bulgaria, the entire amount of waste produced in cities and towns ended up in landfills in 2008. According to the statistic, 524 ...