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DATA ELEMENT WITH QUANTITATIVE VALUES

Identifier No_landfills
Short name No. of landfills
Dataset H2020: Waste
Table MW treatment National
Reference URL http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/datasets/latest/Waste/tables/MW_treat_country/elements/No_landfills
Name Number of landfills
Definition Number of sanitary/controlled/engineered landfills.

"Sanitary/controlled/engineered landfill" refers to a controlled waste (refuse) disposal site on land, whose operation is submitted to a permit system and to technical control procedures (e.g. facilities like impermeable liners, leachate collection systems) in compliance with the national legislation in force.
Methodology for obtaining data Number of sanitary / controlled / engineered landfills per country.
Datatype integer
Maximum size 6
Unit pieces
Minimum inclusive value 0
Maximum inclusive value 100000
Public or Internal Public attribute
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