Waste balance, kind of waste per sector; national accounts, 2008-2012

Waste balance, kind of waste per sector; national accounts, 2008-2012

Origin-destination Periods Total waste (1000 ton)
Total private households 2012 8,434
A-U All economic activities 2012 52,346
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2012 4,211
B-E Industry (no construction) energy 2012 16,958
B Mining and quarrying 2012 121
C Manufacturing 2012 13,936
10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2012 7,683
13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2012 78
16-18 Man. wood en paperprod., printing 2012 829
16 Manufacture of wood products 2012 176
17 Manufacture of paper 2012 437
18 Printing and reproduction 2012 216
19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2012 503
20-21 Chemistry and pharmaceuticals 2012 1,167
20 Manufacture of chemical products 2012 1,082
21 Manufacture of pharmaceutical product 2012 85
22-23 Man. plastics and construction 2012 858
22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2012 118
23 Manufacture of building materials 2012 740
24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2012 2,168
24 Manufacture of basic metals 2012 1,763
25 Manufacture of metal products 2012 405
26-27 Electrical and electron. Industry 2012 78
26 Manufacture of electronic products 2012 26
27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2012 52
28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2012 159
29-30 Transport equipment 2012 98
31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2012 315
D Electricity and gas supply 2012 1,305
E Water supply and waste management 2012 1,597
F Construction 2012 25,597
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2012 1,766
J Information and communication 2012 155
K Financial institutions 2012 140
L Renting, buying and selling of real es 2012 62
M-N Business services 2012 1,172
O-Q Government and care 2012 2,112
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2012 172
Total Dutch economy 2012 60,780
Total from abroad 2012 19,861
Total origin 2012 80,641
Total processing of producers 2012 65,327
Recycling 2012 53,056
Incineration 2012 10,801
Dumping and disposal on land 2012 1,470
Total to abroad 2012 15,314
Total destination 2012 80,641
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains a waste balance with information on the origin and destination of different types of solid waste. The amount of waste produced by households and different industries and imports is presented. Regarding the destination of waste a distinction is made between different ways of treatment (recycling, incineration and disposal on land) and exports. The waste accounts are suitable for analysis, for example drivers behind changes in waste indicators over time.

This table is part of the environmental accounts. Data in the environmental accounts are compiled according the concepts and definitions of the national accounts, which makes it possible to quantify the environmental effects of the economic activities for the Netherlands in a consistent manner. As a result, the figures may differ from data on the environment presented elsewhere on the website.

Data available from: 2008-2012.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as from 30 September 2016:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
The table will be continued as Waste balance, kind of waste per sector; national accounts, see chapter 3.

Description topics

Total waste
Total waste according to the classification of the European legislation concerning waste statistics in the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), 2012.