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Table 3.14Land used in organic farming as a proportion of total land 2001-2007

% share

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Algeria 0.0Argentina 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0Australia 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.9Austria 3.5 3.6 3.6 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.1Azerbaijan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0BelarusBelgium 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9Bolivia 0.3Brazil 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Bulgaria 0.1Canada 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Chile 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.3China 0.4Colombia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Croatia 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2Czech Republic 2.2 3.0 4.1 3.4 3.9 4.5 5.1Denmark 4.1 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3Ecuador 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Egypt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Estonia 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.6 2.0Finland 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6France 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1Germany 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5Greece 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3Hong Kong, ChinaHungary 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0India 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Indonesia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Ireland 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4Israel 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3Italy 4.2 4.0 3.6 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.5Japan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Jordan 0.0 0.0 0.0Kazakhstan 0.0KuwaitLatvia 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7Lithuania 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.3 1.1Malaysia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Mexico 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2Morocco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1Netherlands 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0New Zealand 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2NigeriaNorway 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Pakistan 0.0 0.0Peru 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3Philippines 0.0Poland 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3Portugal 0.8 0.9 1.6 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.9Romania 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4Russia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Saudi Arabia 0.0 0.0 0.0SingaporeSlovakia 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2Slovenia 0.3 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5South Africa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0South KoreaSpain 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6Sweden 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5Switzerland 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.3TaiwanThailand 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Tunisia 0.1 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2Turkey 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2TurkmenistanUkraine 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4United Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8USA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Venezuela 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Vietnam 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Source: Euromonitor International from Organic Centre Wales, University of Wales

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Table 3.81Total pesticide consumption 2001-2007

tonnes/% change

% change2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001-2007

Algeria 2,403 2,286 2,168 2,050 1,932 1,815 1,697 -29.40Argentina 73,928 78,153 82,378 86,603 90,828 95,054 99,279 34.29Australia 32,099 32,149 32,213 32,274 32,320 32,354 32,378 0.87Austria 2,882 2,888 2,786 2,677 2,593 2,507 2,425 -15.86AzerbaijanBelarusBelgium 8,357 8,618 8,757 8,896 9,034 9,173 9,312 11.43Bolivia 3,702 3,771 3,841 3,910 3,979 4,048 4,117 11.20Brazil 76,456 83,039 87,898 92,758 97,618 102,478 107,337 40.39Bulgaria 1,259 1,104 984 863 736 613 489 -61.13Canada 41,040 44,050 47,252 50,420 53,370 56,765 59,283 44.45Chile 14,402 15,098 15,794 16,490 17,186 17,881 18,577 28.99ChinaColombia 78,955 80,071 81,186 82,302 83,418 84,534 85,649 8.48Croatia 2,667 2,627 2,594 2,566 2,543 2,499 2,465 -7.55Czech Republic 4,632 4,782 4,878 4,977 5,075 5,173 5,272 13.81Denmark 3,305 3,084 2,997 2,910 2,823 2,736 2,648 -19.87Ecuador 5,828 6,426 6,824 7,223 7,621 8,020 8,418 44.44Egypt 3,214 3,204 3,197 3,193 3,190 3,188 3,187 -0.86Estonia 329 341 351 361 370 380 390 18.49Finland 1,416 1,491 1,551 1,610 1,670 1,730 1,790 26.38France 99,635 104,068 106,605 109,142 111,679 114,216 116,754 17.18Germany 27,554 26,968 26,469 25,970 25,472 24,973 24,474 -11.18Greece 10,269 10,544 10,849 11,157 11,463 11,770 12,077 17.61Hong Kong, ChinaHungary 5,389 4,911 4,529 4,148 3,766 3,384 3,003 -44.28India 42,000 40,628 39,257 37,885 36,513 35,141 33,769 -19.60Indonesia 2,079 2,128 2,177 2,225 2,274 2,323 2,372 14.06Ireland 2,061 2,074 2,126 2,166 2,211 2,247 2,282 10.73Israel 1,804 1,655 1,481 1,323 1,201 1,062 966 -46.44Italy 68,614 65,615 62,801 59,495 56,748 53,938 51,164 -25.43JapanJordan 466 442 418 394 370 346 322 -30.78Kazakhstan 7,436 7,382 7,315 7,256 7,200 7,052 6,946 -6.60Kuwait 43 44 46 47 48 50 51 18.17Latvia 396 406 416 426 436 446 457 15.38Lithuania 726 674 639 604 569 534 500 -31.18Malaysia 12,617 12,736 12,847 12,951 13,048 13,173 13,322 5.58MexicoMorocco 1,176 1,116 1,070 1,034 1,005 972 940 -20.05Netherlands 7,519 7,098 6,870 6,643 6,416 6,188 5,961 -20.72New Zealand 3,268 3,129 3,038 2,946 2,855 2,763 2,672 -18.24NigeriaNorway 547 473 427 381 334 288 242 -55.80Pakistan 11,871 14,187 15,984 17,782 19,580 21,378 23,175 95.23Peru 5,424 5,719 5,981 6,239 6,482 6,763 7,028 29.56PhilippinesPoland 8,112 8,410 8,701 8,993 9,284 9,576 9,867 21.64Portugal 14,382 14,561 14,787 15,013 15,239 15,465 15,691 9.10Romania 7,872 7,146 6,482 5,665 4,921 4,231 3,520 -55.29Russia 21,996 20,855 20,036 19,109 18,182 17,091 16,105 -26.78Saudi Arabia 3,290 3,448 3,592 3,729 3,855 4,016 4,162 26.51SingaporeSlovakia 3,263 3,676 3,876 4,044 4,213 4,381 4,549 39.41Slovenia 1,387 1,472 1,550 1,610 1,670 1,731 1,791 29.15South Africa 28,645 29,761 30,878 31,994 33,110 34,227 35,343 23.38South Korea 26,192 26,959 27,960 28,697 29,421 30,029 30,585 16.77Spain 36,289 36,807 37,324 37,842 38,359 38,877 39,394 8.56Sweden 1,791 1,847 1,898 1,950 2,001 2,052 2,104 17.46Switzerland 1,477 1,468 1,432 1,401 1,371 1,340 1,309 -11.35TaiwanThailand 22,471 23,048 23,625 24,201 24,778 25,355 25,932 15.41Tunisia 684 652 620 587 555 523 491 -28.14Turkey 23,854 23,088 22,471 21,854 21,236 20,619 20,002 -16.15Turkmenistan 11,743 11,921 12,088 12,243 12,389 12,541 12,692 8.08Ukraine 35,323 34,030 32,861 31,365 30,037 28,736 27,466 -22.24United Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom 32,953 32,408 31,947 31,471 31,003 30,534 30,063 -8.77USA 360,830 362,524 364,218 365,912 367,605 369,299 370,993 2.82Venezuela 5,058 5,139 5,221 5,302 5,384 5,465 5,546 9.65Vietnam 19,154 19,872 20,265 20,657 21,050 21,443 21,835 14.00

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Table 3.39Production of electricity 2001-2007

GWh/% change

% change2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001-2007

Algeria 26,625 27,648 29,571 31,250 32,429 33,649 34,739 30.47Argentina 90,181 84,539 92,074 100,260 100,571 101,005 101,520 12.57Australia 217,212 226,320 228,045 239,497 245,599 250,709 255,551 17.65Austria 62,430 62,488 60,100 64,125 64,835 65,476 65,498 4.91Azerbaijan 18,969 19,543 21,285 21,643 22,118 22,515 22,764 20.01Belarus 25,042 26,455 26,627 31,211 32,582 33,716 34,827 39.07Belgium 79,821 82,069 84,630 85,643 86,595 87,368 87,960 10.20Bolivia 3,973 4,188 4,270 4,434 4,568 4,678 4,786 20.47Brazil 327,875 344,645 364,942 387,452 399,094 409,070 419,286 27.88Bulgaria 43,968 42,679 42,600 41,621 40,624 40,168 39,713 -9.68Canada 589,757 601,135 589,967 598,514 601,433 601,532 601,632 2.01Chile 43,918 45,483 48,780 51,983 54,101 56,145 57,790 31.59China 1,504,089 1,674,792 1,942,893 2,236,733 2,393,246 2,548,037 2,669,813 77.50Colombia 43,463 45,241 47,082 50,239 52,748 54,886 56,688 30.43Croatia 12,175 12,286 12,620 13,291 13,589 13,936 14,287 17.35Czech Republic 74,647 76,348 83,227 84,333 84,347 84,973 85,559 14.62Denmark 37,713 39,284 46,170 40,477 41,459 42,240 42,899 13.75Ecuador 11,050 11,888 11,546 12,585 13,017 13,381 13,665 23.67Egypt 80,713 86,073 95,183 101,299 106,007 110,550 114,030 41.28Estonia 8,484 8,527 10,159 10,304 10,606 10,886 11,076 30.56Finland 74,451 74,901 84,230 85,817 87,490 89,439 91,682 23.14France 550,488 559,186 566,949 572,241 578,952 586,066 590,855 7.33Germany 586,340 571,645 600,822 616,785 625,280 631,550 636,436 8.54Greece 53,704 54,608 58,471 59,344 60,175 60,993 61,764 15.01Hong Kong, China 32,432 34,314 35,509 37,132 38,385 39,471 40,528 24.96Hungary 36,414 36,156 34,145 33,708 33,923 34,109 34,218 -6.03India 579,120 596,543 635,156 667,782 700,608 732,448 762,468 31.66Indonesia 101,647 108,206 112,944 120,160 126,331 132,373 138,414 36.17Ireland 24,956 25,195 25,219 25,569 25,773 25,966 26,159 4.82Israel 43,837 45,363 47,041 49,125 50,530 51,905 53,203 21.36Italy 279,009 285,276 293,884 303,347 310,537 317,144 322,830 15.71Japan 1,075,891 1,064,101 1,051,104 1,080,124 1,079,343 1,079,537 1,079,981 0.38Jordan 7,544 8,127 7,988 8,961 9,433 9,869 10,304 36.59Kazakhstan 55,350 58,331 63,819 66,942 69,762 72,458 74,827 35.19Kuwait 33,500 36,892 39,802 41,256 43,324 45,040 46,436 38.62Latvia 4,280 3,975 3,979 4,683 4,781 4,864 4,934 15.28Lithuania 17,721 19,488 19,274 14,784 14,160 13,670Malaysia 71,384 74,196 78,427 82,899 86,473 89,660 92,656 29.80Mexico 209,619 214,628 217,867 224,077 226,014 227,296 228,107 8.82Morocco 16,115 17,213 18,109 19,337 20,196 20,920 21,574 33.88Netherlands 93,747 96,066 96,763 100,770 102,863 104,867 106,820 13.95New Zealand 39,434 40,346 40,441 41,813 43,296 44,189 45,095 14.36Nigeria 15,453 15,308 20,183 20,224 21,130 21,742 22,144 43.30Norway 119,727 130,705 107,405 110,598 107,482 104,360 101,225 -15.45Pakistan 72,430 75,704 80,830 85,699 89,720 93,271 95,848 32.33Peru 20,778 21,983 22,924 24,255 25,039 25,836 26,626 28.14Philippines 47,049 48,467 52,863 55,957 58,421 61,023 63,101 34.12Poland 145,616 144,126 151,631 154,159 155,592 156,847 157,571 8.21Portugal 46,509 46,107 46,852 45,105 46,572 47,969 49,253 5.90Romania 53,866 54,935 55,140 56,499 57,376 58,190 58,931 9.40Russia 891,284 891,285 916,286 931,865 944,811 958,026 966,236 8.41Saudi Arabia 137,388 145,631 153,000 159,875 165,872 171,269 176,141 28.21Singapore 33,828 35,404 35,331 36,810 37,605 38,192 38,788 14.66Slovakia 32,046 32,427 31,178 30,567 30,913 31,042 31,162 -2.76Slovenia 14,466 14,689 13,828 15,279 15,308 15,321 15,329 5.97South Africa 211,977 220,370 234,229 244,607 255,110 265,391 275,197 29.82South Korea 283,260 332,435 346,854 368,164 389,179 403,520 416,745 47.12Spain 236,043 244,963 260,727 280,007 294,987 305,495 315,335 33.59Sweden 161,616 146,733 135,435 151,727 153,057 154,220 155,090 -4.04Switzerland 71,912 66,893 67,166 65,299 63,537 62,748 61,997 -13.79Taiwan 196,614 207,220 209,052 218,384 224,182 229,021 233,692 18.86Thailand 102,420 109,013 116,983 125,727 131,818 137,623 143,436 40.05Tunisia 11,397 11,846 12,411 13,067 13,500 13,927 14,331 25.74Turkey 122,725 129,400 140,581 150,698 155,204 159,745 163,286 33.05Turkmenistan 10,825 11,200 10,800 11,470 11,685 11,847 12,008 10.93Ukraine 172,972 173,734 180,354 182,157 185,328 188,278 191,232 10.56United Arab Emirates 40,530 42,151 49,540 52,417 55,587 58,598 61,014 50.54United Kingdom 384,684 387,364 398,671 395,853 399,383 403,110 405,906 5.52USA 3,865,090 4,050,864 4,081,468 4,174,481 4,256,985 4,311,951 4,363,169 12.89Venezuela 90,117 87,406 91,844 98,482 102,912 107,047 111,102 23.29Vietnam 30,608 35,796 40,925 46,029 50,992 53,286 53,940 76.23

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Table 4.9Largest producers of cereals 2007

‘000 tonnes

Rank Country 2007

1 China 451,000.02 USA 336,000.03 India 239,130.04 Russia 76,866.15 Indonesia 66,010.66 France 60,900.07 Brazil 60,300.08 Canada 49,700.09 Germany 42,200.010 Vietnam 39,647.811 Turkey 34,598.312 Ukraine 33,698.013 Argentina 33,556.514 Thailand 33,140.615 Mexico 32,900.016 Pakistan 32,839.017 Nigeria 29,100.018 Egypt 23,060.019 Philippines 22,000.020 Poland 21,775.921 United Kingdom 20,820.422 Italy 19,610.023 Spain 19,353.324 Kazakhstan 17,200.025 Australia 16,331.026 Romania 15,759.327 Hungary 14,300.028 Japan 11,600.029 South Africa 9,454.130 Morocco 9,091.531 Denmark 8,632.332 South Korea 6,653.133 Czech Republic 6,394.234 Belarus 5,550.035 Bulgaria 5,370.036 Austria 4,460.037 Algeria 4,240.038 Sweden 4,173.839 Venezuela 4,170.040 Peru 4,060.041 Finland 3,789.942 Colombia 3,788.143 Greece 3,592.344 Turkmenistan 3,570.045 Chile 3,565.746 Croatia 3,028.347 Slovakia 2,928.848 Saudi Arabia 2,830.049 Belgium 2,605.750 Ecuador 2,190.051 Malaysia 2,180.052 Ireland 2,017.953 Azerbaijan 1,987.054 Bolivia 1,892.055 Lithuania 1,857.856 Netherlands 1,744.057 Tunisia 1,647.058 Norway 1,228.959 Latvia 1,166.260 Switzerland 986.061 Portugal 949.062 New Zealand 802.263 Estonia 619.364 Slovenia 493.665 Israel 237.366 Jordan 61.967 Kuwait 3.668 United Arab Emirates 0.0

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAOSTAT

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Table 4.10Largest producers of fresh cows’ milk 2007

‘000 tonnes

Rank Country 2007

1 USA 84,270.92 India 41,536.63 Russia 30,436.74 China 29,800.05 Germany 28,426.96 Brazil 26,191.17 France 24,060.78 New Zealand 14,556.39 United Kingdom 14,437.110 Ukraine 12,871.111 Poland 12,012.812 Italy 10,922.513 Netherlands 10,357.814 Australia 10,290.015 Turkey 10,204.616 Mexico 10,112.517 Pakistan 9,681.018 Canada 8,117.019 Argentina 8,067.920 Japan 8,047.221 Colombia 6,809.822 Spain 6,515.623 Belarus 6,331.424 Romania 6,039.825 Ireland 5,569.526 Kazakhstan 5,077.627 Denmark 4,611.628 Switzerland 3,935.029 Sweden 3,190.730 Austria 3,119.831 South Africa 3,089.932 Belgium 2,895.833 Czech Republic 2,820.934 Ecuador 2,589.635 Chile 2,497.636 Finland 2,393.737 South Korea 2,126.838 Lithuania 1,917.839 Portugal 1,838.940 Hungary 1,770.041 Morocco 1,594.842 Norway 1,546.143 Egypt 1,477.944 Peru 1,367.145 Venezuela 1,347.746 Algeria 1,320.047 Azerbaijan 1,317.648 Bulgaria 1,296.049 Israel 1,152.750 Turkmenistan 1,109.251 Slovakia 1,049.552 Tunisia 964.353 Saudi Arabia 940.054 Croatia 922.855 Thailand 863.956 Latvia 822.157 Greece 788.658 Estonia 718.259 Slovenia 657.960 Indonesia 586.561 Nigeria 462.762 Vietnam 234.063 Bolivia 233.764 Jordan 219.265 Kuwait 40.066 Malaysia 38.467 Philippines 12.368 United Arab Emirates 11.669 Hong Kong, China 0.2

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAOSTAT


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Table 4.47Largest generators of nuclear waste: spentfuel arising 2007

tonnes of heavy metal

Rank Country 2007

1 USA 2,2202 Canada 1,6703 United Kingdom 1,2464 Japan 1,1035 France 1,0886 South Korea 5117 Germany 4108 Sweden 2409 Spain 16110 Belgium 12711 Finland 6512 Switzerland 5613 Slovakia 5214 Hungary 4215 Czech Republic 3616 Mexico 2317 Netherlands 12

Source: Euromonitor International from OECD/national statistics

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Table 4.48Largest recyclers of aluminium packagingwaste 2007

% of total consumption

Rank Country 2007

1 Germany 99.82 Sweden 99.43 Finland 99.14 Switzerland 98.05 Italy 68.56 Netherlands 67.07 Turkey 56.38 Austria 55.09 Greece 35.010 Spain 30.511 United Kingdom 25.312 Belgium 25.013 Ireland 24.014 France 19.015 Portugal 17.0

Source: Euromonitor International from national statistics/World Resources Institute

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Table 4.49Largest recyclers of glass packaging waste2007


Rank Country 2007

1 Belgium 110.32 Germany 101.33 Finland 99.04 Switzerland 97.85 Sweden 93.86 Norway 93.77 Denmark 92.08 Japan 90.79 Austria 88.610 Netherlands 80.511 South Korea 74.312 Ireland 60.013 Italy 55.614 France 55.015 New Zealand 53.016 Slovakia 42.117 Spain 41.418 Australia 38.919 Portugal 37.420 Turkey 36.621 United Kingdom 30.122 Greece 29.323 USA 17.824 Poland 16.025 Mexico 13.0


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Table 4.50Largest recyclers of paper and cardboardpackaging waste 2007


Rank Country 2007

1 Finland 85.72 Germany 79.23 Norway 75.14 Switzerland 74.35 Netherlands 73.76 Sweden 72.07 Japan 71.88 South Korea 70.19 Denmark 62.310 France 60.511 New Zealand 60.312 Spain 59.213 Austria 58.314 Turkey 54.715 United Kingdom 54.416 USA 53.817 Italy 53.118 Czech Republic 50.019 Hungary 47.720 Portugal 47.321 Australia 45.322 Belgium 45.023 Slovakia 43.324 Greece 40.025 Canada 37.726 Ireland 36.627 Poland 34.228 Mexico 7.0


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Table 5.357Czech Republic: CO2 emissions by source 2001-2007

‘000 tonnes/% change/% of total

% of totalCO2

% change emissions2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001-2007 2007

From fossil fuelconsumption/flaring 114,548 109,996 112,807 108,999 112,828 114,567 116,374 1.59 50.00

From natural gasconsumption/flaring 18,687 18,075 18,258 18,132 17,871 17,804 17,753 -5.00 7.63

From the consumption ofcoal 72,936 69,349 70,279 64,535 67,719 67,970 68,320 -6.33 29.35

From the consumption ofpetroleum 22,926 22,572 24,270 26,333 27,238 28,793 30,301 32.17 13.02

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Table 5.358Czech Republic: Emissions of other gases and substances by type 2001-2007

000 tonnes/% change

% change2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001-2007

Carbon monoxide emissions (‘000 tonnes) 649 546 579 560 536 534 522 -19.6Daily organic water pollutant emissions

(kg) 158,952 152,191 166,996 159,462 152,680 167,533 159,973 0.6Nitrogen oxide emissions (‘000 tonnes) 332 318 324 325 323 325 325 -2.2Particulate matter emissions (‘000

tonnes) 46 38 31 26 21 17 14 -68.9Sulphur oxide emissions (‘000 tonnes) 251 237 232 222 212 203 193 -22.9


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Table 5.359Czech Republic: Waste generated by type 2001-2007

as stated/% change

% change2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001-2007

Hazardous industrial waste (‘000 tonnes) 2,817 1,311 1,219 1,127 1,035 943 851 -69.79Municipal waste (‘000 tonnes) 2,798 2,845 2,857 2,884 2,901 2,922 2,939 5.04Nuclear waste: spent fuel arising

(tonnes of heavy metal) 39 39 38 38 37 37 36 -6.92



Table 5.360Czech Republic: Recycling rates 2001-2007


2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Paper and cardboard packaging waste 43.0 45.0 46.5 47.3 48.2 49.5 50.0



Table 5.361Czech Republic: Waste management plants 2001-2007

number/% change

% change2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2001-2007

Incineration plants (number) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0.00Landfill sites (number) 363 375 384 393 402 411 420 15.70Treatment plants (number) 74 74 74 74 74 74 74 0.00



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