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Waste statistics

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Waste statistics describe changes in the amounts of waste, treatment modes of waste and shares of hazardous waste. The classifiers in the statistics are main industries, waste categories or waste types. The data are collected from several sources and for manufacturing they are updated once a year, otherwise irregularly.

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Statistics Finland

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Amount of municipal waste remained on level with the previous year in 2021 – an increasing share of waste was recovered as energy

release | Waste statistics 2021, municipal waste

Amount of waste generated in 2020 remained almost unchanged from the previous year – caused by slight changes in the amount of waste from mining and quarrying and manufacturing

release | Waste statistics 2020, waste from production and consumption

Amount of municipal waste continued growing in 2020 - most of waste was still recovered as energy

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Waste generated in 2019 declined due to lower amoung of waste from mining and quarrying and construction

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Amount of municipal waste grew slightly in 2019 - most of waste was still recovered as energy

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Amount of waste generated in 2018 returned to the level of 2016 - the share of waste recovered as material grew slightly

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ymparistotilinpito@stat.fi
Juha Espo
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Referencing instructions

Referencing instructions

Are you looking for previously published statistical data?

The statistical data released before 5.4.2022 can be found on the archive pages of the statistics.

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