Changes in database tables of waste statistics

Date of change:

Statistics: waste statistics

Date of change: 13.6.2023

Information about the change

Data on the volume of hazardous waste for 2017 to 2020 have been updated.

The update is due to changes in the classification of waste and the supplementation of the data on which the statistics are based.

This causes a significant change in waste statistics regarding the division of waste from mining and quarrying into non-hazardous and hazardous waste.

The change applies to the following database tables:

Further information

Juha Espo
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