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In 2020, the number of salaried jobs in the Caribbean Netherlands fell by almost 2 percent year-on-year.

In Q2 2021, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showed a year-on-year increase of 11 percent. This means emissions are nearing pre-COVID levels.

Material of little value to the company that the company wants to dispose of (Environmental Management Act, C.1, art. 1.1). Exceptions are: radioactive waste; hazardous waste registered with the...

Reuse of recycled materials contributes to the government target of realising a fully circular economy by 2050. The construction sector generated the most waste in 2016 but also used half of all...

The Netherlands in Numbers, 2020 is the successor to Trends in the Netherlands and the Statistical Yearbooks and Pocket Books.

Waste by categories Origin and destination of waste

Petroleum products balance sheet; supply, consumption and stock Petroleum products

The Dutch economy relies to a great extent on multinationals and large companies which operate worldwide.

Heat produced by incineration of waste, combustion of wood and gas produced by fermentation of organic material.

Amount of waste collected by the municipal authorities broken down by province, size class and degree of urbanization

In Q1 2021, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showed a year-on-year increase of 1.4 percent. This is mainly due to higher natural gas consumption for heating and higher electricity production.

Waste by categories Origin and destination of waste

Origin and destination of waste ways of treatment

Descriptions of processes for proposing new codes to the PRODCOM, CN and NACE classifications at European level. Recommendations are provided based on interviews with experts.

In 2017, 57 percent of household waste was collected separately, versus 49 percent in 2007.

In 2008, almost the entire volume of sludge from the Dutch sewerage system was incinerated.

In Q1 2021, gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.5 percent relative to the previous quarter.

In the period 2000-2014, waste generation in the Dutch economy remained relatively constant at 62 billion kg, while the economy itself grew by almost 16 percent.

Last year, China’s share in Dutch exports of recyclable plastic waste was 2.7 percent. In 2010, still nearly half of all plastic waste generated by businesses and households had China as a foreign...

CBS mapping goods flows

In 2019, the Netherlands earned 4.6 billion euros through domestic exports to China.

In 2008, 18.8 million tons of industrial waste were produced. Nearly 17 million tons (90 percent) were reused or incinerated to generate energy. The remaining 2 million tons were dumped in landfills...