Correction
Database tables and the release for 2022 of the statistics on waste statistics were corrected. The amount of mineral waste decreased by 2.3 million tons.
Read more about the correctionWaste statistics 2022
Volume of waste generated in 2022 decreased considerably from the year before – due to a decrease in the amount of waste from mining and quarrying and industries processing waste
releaseAccording to Statistics Finland, a total of 111 million tonnes of waste was generated in 2022. This is 11.2 per cent less than one year earlier. The volume of waste generated decreased mainly as a result of a decline in waste from mining and quarrying and secondary production. The amount of waste from construction decreased by around 18 per cent.
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- The combined amount of waste generated by manufacturing industries fell by around 17.2 per cent.
- The amount of waste from construction fell strongly by around 18.2 per cent.
- Due to the large amount of mineral waste, the share of disposal in all waste treatment was around 81 per cent.
Tables
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Waste generation by industry, 2017-2022, 1000 tonnes
Waste treatment by type of treatment, 2017-2022 Amount of waste 1000 tons
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Waste statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2022. ISSN=2323-5314. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 10.6.2026].
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