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