In 2023, the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by economic activities and households totalled 3.4 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalents. This represents a 7% decrease compared with 2022 and 18% reduction compared with 2013. Between 2013 and ...
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In 2023, the EU produced a total of 218 million tonnes of industrial chemicals (hazardous and non-hazardous) and consumed 227 million tonnes, indicating a 13% decrease in production and 14% decrease in consumption compared with 2022. ...
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Eurostat has released a new online publication, presenting climate change mitigation statistics, and a dashboard on environmental accounts. They both show links between activities of economic actors, such as producers and consumers, and ...
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In 2023, 11.8% of materials used in the EU came from recycled materials. This indicator is known as ‘circular material use rate’ or ‘circularity rate’, and it measures the contribution of recycled materials in the overall use of ...
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In 2022, each person living in the EU consumed on average 66.6 lightweight plastic carrier bags (LPCBs). This marked a decrease of 10.8 bags (-14%) per person compared with 2021. In total, 29.8 billion lightweight plastic carrier bags ...
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On 5 November, the Council adopted the amended regulation on the European environmental economic accounts. This is the final step in the legislative process, following adoption by the European Parliament, resulting in a major ...
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