The chart below shows different methods of waste disposal in a European country from 2005 to 2008.

The bar graph indicates how much waste was treated in three different procedures in a particular European country over a period of 4 years, starting from 2005.

Overall, the amount of waste disposal by landfills and dumping in the sea experienced a downward trend whereas that of burning remained unchanged between 2005 and 2008. It is also noticeable that the figure for burning was the highest of the three methods at this given time.

In 2005, the amount of garbage treatment by landfills, at 70 million tonnes, declined remarkably to 40 million tonnes in 2008. Likewise, there is a slight decrease in the figure for burning to 40 million tons in 2007 before soaring to approximately 65 million tons at the end of this duration, equal to the beginning.

With dumping in the sea method, the quantity of waste disposal fell slightly from about 55 million tons to 50 million tons in 2006 then stabilized in the following year. In 2008, the figure for dumping in the sea continued to decrease, equal to that of landfills, at 40 million tons.