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Press release No. N019 of 22 March 2023 5.5 kilograms per capita: 462,500 tonnes of old clothes and second-hand textiles were exported from Germany in 2022
Germany exported approximately 462,500 tonnes of old clothes and second-hand textiles in 2022. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 10.7% compared with the previous year (518,100 tonnes). In relation to the …
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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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Press release No. N 016 of 3 March 2021 Exports of plastic waste down 33% in 2020 compared with ten years earlier
Many goods are packaged in plastic in Germany; the waste generated is recycled, disposed in landfills, burned or leaves the country in the form of trading goods. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …