Construction industry waste reached 9.9 million tonnes in 2021, up 125% from 10 years earlier. During the same period, the volume of industrial waste dropped 14% to 5.1 million tonnes. Municipal waste volume came to 4 million tonnes, up 6% from 10 years earlier.

The total volume of waste generated in Hungary reached 20.5 million tonnes in 2021, up 31% from 2011.

That volume included 700,000 tonnes of hazardous waste and another 700,000 tonnes of agricultural and food industry waste.