Waste balance, type of waste by sector; national accounts

This table contains figures on the amount of waste released (origin) and where it goes (destination). The origin of waste distinguishes between households, different business classes and imports. At the destination of waste, a distinction is made between treatment methods in the Netherlands (reuse, incineration and landfill/freezing) and exports. A distinction is made between 16 different types of waste. The waste balance is part of CBS’s environmental accounts. The environmental accounts quantify the relationship between the economy and the environment. In order to achieve a consistent statistical description of this relationship, environmental accounts are aligned with the classifications and definitions of the national accounts. As a result, environmental figures from the environmental accounts deviate from the environmental figures elsewhere on CBS website in a number of cases. Data available from 2012. Status of the figures: The 2018 figures are provisional. Older years are final. Changes as of February 2021: Preliminary figures for the year 2018 have been added. The table has been expanded to include the waste type dimension. The time series has been revised because a revision of the method has taken place. The main changes to the revision are: 1) new calculation for the determination of incineration, landfill and discharge and reuse of waste in the Netherlands; 2) the import and export of waste includes re-exports, this has not previously been taken into account; 3) non-hazardous ground waste is no longer taken into account; 4) review of the waste on the green list from international trade statistics; 5) revision of the source data. When are new figures coming? Figures are published every two years. Next publication in autumn 2022.