Romania recycles 1 percent of municipal waste, under the framework where by 2020 it should recycle half. In addition, no reports were submitted to the EU on incinerated and composted waste. It means that the rest of municipal waste - 99 percent - were deposited in landfills.
Bulgaria managed to reduce waste disposal in landfills from 99 percent to 73 percent. However, in Bulgaria 3 percent of municipal waste generated in 2012 was composted.
In the EU, 42 percent of municipal waste was recycled or composted in 2012, Mediafax reports.
EU states have generated on average 492 kg of municipal waste per person in 2012, of which 34 percent was stored, 24 percent incinerated, 27 percent recycled and 15 percent composted.
More than half of municipal waste was recycled and composted in Germany (65%), Austria (62%) and Belgium (57%).
On this subject, the last places in the EU, but at a further gap from Romania, are Malta (13%), Slovakia (13%), Latvia (16%), Croatia (16%) and Greece (18%).
In Germany 0% of municipal waste is disposed to landfill, in Belgium and Sweden - 1% Netherlands - 2% in Austria and Denmark - 3%. In Sweden and Denmark 52% of municipal waste are incinerated.