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The bar chart details the amount of waste that was disposed via landfill, burning and dumping at sea, in a particular European country between 2005 and 2008.

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chart illustrates the disposal of
waste
 in a European nation
in
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a
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 course of 4 years between 2005 and 2008.
Overall
, the amount of
waste
 in
landfills
 and the sea has been going on a downward trend,
while
 the opposite is true when it comes to burning which is rising steadily. In 2005,
landfills
 contributed most of the
waste
 disposal, with 1800
million
tons
 of rubbish being thrown into
landfills
, which
almost
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 double the other two types of
waste
 disposal combined. Meanwhile, burning garbage contributed the least with around 500
million
tons
with
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 dumping at sea wasn’t far up ahead with just 100
million
tons
 more than burning.
However
,
landfills
 have decreased significantly throughout the years. In 2008,
landfills
 fell to just 600
million
tons
, a threefold decrease since 2005.
On the other hand
, dumping at sea has stayed relatively unchanged until 2007, when it decreased slightly.
While
 the two forms of trash disposal mentioned above have been on a downward trend, burning has increased steadily to around 700
million
tons
 in 2006 and 2007, which reached an all-time peak of 900
million
tons
 in 2008.
This
 means that burning has become the most commonly used method of
waste
 treatment.
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