That will be a difficult task, as the decrease was minimal in recent years, Timmermans said. �ըAl��|�|�J'�C��ƾ|�s�4BǗt�%^��P[��nUf��1�R��t��cD Packaging waste statistics Jump to: navigation , search Data extracted on 10 December 2020. 62 0 obj <> endobj "We make food from them, for example for pigs. The circular … Highlights. About a third of the total produced food ends up in the trash can. h��Wmo9�+������KRBBµi��]*!>l`K�,Z�R��;c/^�pD��B��������1Μg�9�p��0Lr|I��`^1�4�9�&� ���2�50�p��#��� Recycling of materials for the production of raw input in production processes, contributes to the government target of realising a fully circular economy before 2050. "It's important to create awareness at both the consumer and the supermarket. The mission of Statistics Netherlands is to publish reliable and consistent statistical information, that responds to society's demands in this respect. Similarly in Germany, where the figures were 4 036 million m³ (2017 data) and 338 million m³, respectively (2014 data). We've already saved 250,000 meals in the first year. �w@A��8�fR���`R�j@s3�3�mh�J`�`~�s":�+ "Just think how much that is per year! Many people in the Netherlands separate, and correctly dispose of, their organic waste. That year people still threw away 48 kilos of food, according to research commissioned by the Economic Affairs and Infrastructure & Environment ministries in the Netherlands. The total quantity of food waste in the Netherlands in 2015 was between 1.77 and 2.55 billion kg. Bread is the most wasted product in the Netherlands. Each sector plan describes the policy for the r… One such is app Too Good To Go. © 2012-2020 NLTimes.nl, All rights reserved. All good products that were meant to be eaten", he said to the news program. That is a row of trucks to Spain and back again. In 2002 the European waste register was established, leading to major differences in the definition of waste categories. In Europe, energy recovery is the most used way to dispose of plastic waste, followed by landfill. This also applies to household waste. h�bbd```b``.�� �q�d��,`�(0����,��lM���� &��H�����Hi� "�����E4Az�YAl�n �:���΂u10Ҝ���t�=@� ��e 87 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<92D51A96770AA822BD6EBC38AB407D6E><277FFC154658244AB2C3A380DC97C986>]/Index[62 45]/Info 61 0 R/Length 117/Prev 359582/Root 63 0 R/Size 107/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream In 2018, packaging waste generated was estimated at 174 kg per inhabitant in the EU (varying from 67.8 kg per inhabitant in Croatia and 227.5 kg per inhabitant in Germany). Tweet. The app shows users where they can pick up an inexpensive package of ingredients in their neighborhood. food waste. The quantity of waste subject to disposal decreased from 1 027 million tonnes in 2004 to 984 million tonnes in 2018, which was a decrease of 4.2 %. Food waste is still a massive problem in the Netherlands. Food waste is still a massive problem in the Netherlands. Planned article update: July 2021. %%EOF �Th:�I�ʦ�ӸW2���|^e���F¦)�d��*e�y��:��%�ee>�tF���z>M�f�|Q��'g��! endstream endobj 63 0 obj <> endobj 64 0 obj <> endobj 65 0 obj <>stream Valeva (LEI), the Netherlands. Waste Statistics inthe Netherlands. %PDF-1.5 %���� Netherlands Enterprise Agency, RVO | Statistics Netherlands, CBS . 106 0 obj <>stream We call that recycled agriculture.". 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The waste statistics are based on a series of different surveys which are collated into a waste balance. The average Netherlands resident tossed about 41 kilograms of food into trash bins last year, which translates to a 15% decrease in food waste from 2010. If your local municipality does this job for you, you will have to pay a waste collection charge (reinigingsrecht). Further information on the waste statistics can be found in the relevant quality reports. Waste collection services; Waste collection charge in case of multiple use ; In the Netherlands you are responsible for sorting out and taking away your industrial waste. The first National Waste Management Plan set the framework of future waste management in the Netherlands and introduced the control of waste policies under a national perspective. The Dutch government aims to reduce the use of raw materials by half in 2030 and to achieve a completely circular economy by the year 2050. Consumers are the biggest culprit, accounting for 42 percent of the waste. Plastic waste treatment in Europe. Contribute to Statistics-Netherlands/ewaste development by creating an account on GitHub. Sector plans The sector plans flesh out the policy framework for specific categories of waste. h�b```f``�``e`��fd@ A�����J�?+}�w�J���4}��H�=$+�t��BY�]U��Nc�\��$��tJ���ȍ|��(����I���th���X��˝\��H�,mu.�;���6��w� �hX����(e1 Some 30% of all the generated plastic waste is collected for recycling and recycling rates by country vary a lot, as shown in the infographic. Every day 800 thousand loaves find their way into the trash, Nieuwsuur reports. The survey results suggest that as of 2018, a large share of households in the Netherlands separate all or almost all of their waste. Waste Statistics 2015 are based on data on primary waste generated in Denmark as reported to the Waste Data System (Affaldsdatasystemet - ADS) in the period 2013 to 2015, unless otherwise stated. E-waste calculations for the European Union.