Consumer goods
In this layer, we focus on the ‘consumer goods’ need system: How many appliances and furniture do we have? How much is reused and repaired and what waste does our stuff create?
(Re)use and recovery
This group of indicators shows how we use, repair and reuse consumer goods.
6 kg per capita
Reuse of consumer goods via reuse centres
This indicator shows how many consumer goods are collected and sold for reuse via the recognised reuse centres in...
17.1 kt
Reuse of textiles via reuse centres
This indicator shows how many textiles the recognised reuse centres collect and sell for reuse.
21.9 kt
Reuse of furniture via reuse centres
This indicator shows how much furniture the recognised reuse centres collect and sell for reuse.
16.5 kt
Reuse of EEE via reuse centres
This indicator shows how much electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) the recognised reuse centres collect and sell for reuse....
Market
This group of indicators shows the market size of consumer goods.
14.7 units/cap
Household EEE put on the market
This indicator shows the amount of new household electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) put on the market each year....
224 million units
EEE in households
This indicator shows the number of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) present in households.
90% in use
Use status of EEE in households
This indicator shows the use status of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in households.
Footprint
This group of indicators shows the footprint of consumer goods.
4 t/cap.
Material footprint of consumer goods
The material footprint describes the raw materials needed directly and indirectly, through domestic and foreign supply chains, for final...
Waste
This group of indicators shows where consumer goods go at the end of their lives.
37 kg/cap
Packaging and products in residual household waste
This indicator provides insight into the amount of packaging and products that ended up in residual household waste in...
29.5% composite products
Composite products in bulky waste
This indicator shows the composition of bulky waste in Flanders based on a sorting analysis in the period 2020-2021....
29.8 kt
Estimate of out-of-home waste
This indicator expresses the amount of out-of-home waste, estimated via the sum of the amount of litter cleared and...
68 million kg
Processed household EEE waste
This indicator shows the amount of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from households processed by Recupel each...
60% selective collection
Processing of end-of-life textiles
This indicator shows the amount of textiles that consumers in Flanders dispose of annually through official collection channels and...
45%
OOM/POM ratio for household EEE
This indicator shows how much household electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) taken off the market annually (Out-of-Market, OOM) compared...
