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Net exports of six key waste materials from the EU27 for recycling

Figure Created 08 Mar 2012 Published 08 Mar 2012 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste

Time series of amounts of net exports for six different material types from the EU27 to the rest of the world for the purpose of recycling

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Methodology:: The reported amounts of exports and imports of the 6 selected materials were retrieved from Eurostat’s Comext database under the CN8 codes for waste and scrap for the 6 material categories investigated for this indicator. It is important to note that the values represent only the external trade of EU27 countries with the rest of the world (and not between EU27 member states). The net exports are calculated by adding up all imports of the waste fraction that constitute one material type (different CN8 codes), applying the same method for the exports, and subsequently subtracting the total imports from the total exports for each distinct waste material.
Units:: Thousand tonnes
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI)
Figure type:: Graph

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