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Old tablets and laptops are being recycled more often
More people are handing in old tablets and laptops for recycling in 2024 than in 2022
Material efficiency not enough to reduce CO2 emissions
The Dutch economy's carbon emissions increased over the entire period between 1970 and 2020.
Use of secondary materials: potential data sources
Exploration of potential sources to collect data about the use of secondary materials at the request of the Dutch environmental assessment agency.
Smaller material footprint, more recycling than the EU average
The Netherlands consumed over 20 percent fewer materials than in 2000. Material consumption per capita is lower than average in the EU and the material footprint per capita is lower.
Construction sector leading in waste and recycling
Reuse of recycled materials contributes to the government target of realising a fully circular economy by 2050. The construction sector generated the most waste in 2016 but also used half of all...
Material Flow Monitor 2016 - Technical report
The Material Flow Monitor 2016 provides insight into the physical material flows (in kilos) to, from and within the Dutch economy. The dataset also includes information on waste, recycling, emissions...
Circular economy what we want to know and can measure
Circular economy: what we want to know and can measure
Nine percent recycled materials in the economy
Around 9 percent of all materials entering the Dutch economy are recycled.
The Circular Economy: towards a lower use of resources
a statistical overview of the circular economy’s effects on the environment and raw material consumption
The Circular Economy: starting progress measurement
The proposed monitoring system to track progress in the planned transition towards a circular economy.
CBS invents method to map European e-waste
CBS has calculated annually produced e-waste quantities for all European countries
Dutch producers reduce waste of raw materials
The use of raw materials in the Dutch economy was reduced by 14 percent in the period 2004-2014.
How to protect privacy in open data
Authorities publishing open data have an obligation to protect the privacy of individual citizens and companies
Green growth in the Netherlands 2015
In the publication Green growth in the Netherlands 2015 ,Statistics Netherlands analyses and describes the state of the “green” economy in the Netherlands, based on 36 indicators, divided...
Critical materials in the Dutch economy. Preliminary results
This explorative study addresses the impact of critical materials on the Dutch economy. It is based on 41 critical materials identified by a specialist EU working group, plus 3 critical materials...
Most industrial waste recycled
In 2008, 18.8 million tons of industrial waste were produced. Nearly 17 million tons (90 percent) were reused or incinerated to generate energy. The remaining 2 million tons were dumped in landfills...