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Press release No. 546 of 19 December 2022 New record volume of household waste generated in 2021
The volume of waste produced by households in Germany continued to rise in 2021. 483 kilograms of household waste per capita were collected according to provisional data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This was an increase by 6 …
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Press release No. 371 of 5 September 2022 14.4 million tonnes of biowaste in 2020
Households in Germany composted approximately 2.6 million tonnes of biowaste in 2020. Based on an estimate prepared for the first time, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this is an average of roughly 31 kilograms of home …
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Press release No. N 035 of 7 June 2022 25% less plastic waste exported in 2021 year on year
Germany exports markedly less plastic waste than a few years ago. In 2021, just over 766,200 tonnes of plastic waste was exported from Germany – that is one quarter less (-25.2%) than in 2020. At the time, just over one million tonnes had been …
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Date: June 3, 2022 Waste balance 2020
Tables on the subject: The table contains selected datas from the waste balance 2020
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Press release No. 229 of 3 June 2022 Volume of waste slightly down in Covid year 2020
In the Covid year of 2020, 414.0 million tonnes of waste was disposed of in Germany, according to provisional results. This was a decline of 0.6% or 2.5 million tonnes compared with 2019. To coincide with the World Environment Day on 5 June 2022, the …
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Date: April 29, 2022 Waste treatment plants 2020
Tables on the subject: This table contains environmental data - waste treatment 2020 - input by type of plant
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Date: March 16, 2022 Used transport and secondary packaging collected in 2020
Tables on the subject: Enviroment - Used transport and secondary packaging collected in 2020
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Date: March 14, 2022 Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020
Enviroment - Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020
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Date: March 14, 2022 Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020
Tables on the subject: Enviroment - Used sales packaging collected from private final consumers in 2020
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Press release No. 108 of 14 March 2022 Per capita packaging waste up by 6 kilograms in Covid year 2020
78 kilograms of packaging waste per capita were collected from households in Germany in the Covid year of 2020. That was an average increase of 6 kilograms per person on 2019. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis …
