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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. 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. 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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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 …
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Press release No. 058 of 11 February 2022 Recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment up 11.2% in 2020
In 2020, 1,037,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were recycled, otherwise recovered or disposed of in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the quantity of waste equipment that was accepted for …
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Press release No. 584 of 20 December 2021 Per capita household waste up by 19 kilograms in Covid year 2020
The volume of waste produced by households in Germany rose considerably in the Covid year of 2020. According to provisional data of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), a total of 39.6 million tonnes of waste were collected from households.That …
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Press release No. 348 of 19 July 2021 23.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste in 2019
In 2019, a total of 23.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste was generated in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 0.1 million tonnes on the previous year (2018: 23.8 million tonnes). Construction and …
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Press release No. 261 of 4 June 2021 Waste generation remained high in Germany in 2019
According to provisional results, the amount of waste generated in Germany was 416.5 million tonnes in 2019. To mark the World Environment Day on 5 June 2021, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the quantity of waste remained …
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Press release No. 242 of 21 May 2021 62% of industrial packaging waste con-sists of paper and board
In 2019, 4.9 million tonnes of used transport, secondary and sales packaging were col-lected in the industrial sector in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 0.1 million tonnes on 2018.
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Press release No. 132 of 17 March 2021 Packaging waste 2019: per capita collection up by 4 kilograms on a year earlier
In 2019, 72 kilograms of packaging waste per capita were collected from private final users in Germany. This was an average increase of 4 kilograms per person compared to 2018. According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office …
