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?

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(Re)use and recovery

This group of indicators shows how we use, repair and reuse consumer goods.
Reuse of consumer goods via De Kringwinkel
87.6 kt

Reuse of consumer goods via De Kringwinkel

This indicator presents the amount of materials that are collected for reuse, then sold and put back into circulation....
Reuse of consumer goods via De Kringwinkel in kg/cap
5.5 kg/cap

Reuse of consumer goods via De Kringwinkel in kg/cap

This indicator presents the amount of materials that are collected for reuse, then sold and put back into circulation....
Reuse of textiles via De Kringwinkel
15.5 kt

Reuse of textiles via De Kringwinkel

This indicator shows how much textile De Kringwinkel, the official reuse network in Flanders, collects for reuse, sale and...
Reuse of furniture via De Kringwinkel
23.9 kt

Reuse of furniture via De Kringwinkel

This indicator shows how much furniture De Kringwinkel, the official reuse network in Flanders, collects for reuse, sale and...
Reuse of EEE via De Kringwinkel
18.8 kt

Reuse of EEE via De Kringwinkel

This indicator shows how much EEE De Kringwinkel, the official reuse network in Flanders, collects for reuse, sale and...

Market

This group of indicators shows the market size of consumer goods.
Household EEE put on the market
95 million pieces

Household EEE put on the market

This indicator presents the number of new EEE (electrical and electronic equipment) items that are put on the market...
Weight of household EEE put on the market
147 kt

Weight of household EEE put on the market

This indicator presents the number of new EEE (electrical and electronic equipment) items that are put on the market...
EEE present in households
240 million pieces

EEE present in households

This indicator shows both the total number of EEE (electrical and electronic equipment) items present in households, and the...
EEE present in households – by type
240 million pieces

EEE present in households – by type

This indicator shows both the total number of EEE (electrical and electronic equipment) items present in households, and the...
Use status of EEE in households
87% in use

Use status of EEE in households

This indicator shows the use status of EEE (electrical and electronic equipment) items present in households. It describes how...
Furniture put on the market
2.8 million pieces

Furniture put on the market

This indicator presents the number of new pieces of household furniture that are put on the market (POM) every...

Footprint

This group of indicators shows the footprint of consumer goods.
Material footprint of consumer goods
17,405 kt

Material footprint of consumer goods

This material footprint indicator represents the total primary material use that is needed to fulfil the final demand for...
Carbon footprint of consumer goods
7,801 kt CO₂-eq.

Carbon footprint of consumer goods

This carbon footprint indicator represents the total CO2-equivalent emissions associated with the total primary material use needed to fulfil...

Waste

This group of indicators shows where consumer goods go at the end of their lives.
Collected municipal solid waste
2,092 kton

Collected municipal solid waste

This indicator shows how much municipal solid waste is collected in Flanders. It also shows how the waste is...
Processed municipal solid waste
59% recycled

Processed municipal solid waste

This indicator shows how much municipal solid waste is processed in Flanders. The different processing methods are included, with...
Consumer goods in household residual waste – composition
55% sorted collection

Consumer goods in household residual waste – composition

This indicator gives an idea of the composition of residual waste put out for collection by Flemish families, and...
Consumer goods in household residual waste – evolution
55% sorted collection

Consumer goods in household residual waste – evolution

This indicator gives an idea of how the composition of household residual waste collected in Flanders evolved between 2006...
Consumer goods in bulky waste
40% furniture

Consumer goods in bulky waste

This indicator provides an idea of the composition of bulky waste in Flanders. Bulky waste is classed as: waste...
Estimate of outdoor waste
63,6 kton

Estimate of outdoor waste

This indicator shows the volume of outdoor waste and is expressed in kilotonnes. The goal is to get a...
Processed EEE waste
67.9 kt

Processed EEE waste

This indicator shows the evolution of the amount of EEE waste (WEEE) in Flanders processed by Recupel each year....
EEE waste treatment per material stream
67,9 kton

EEE waste treatment per material stream

This indicator shows how each stream of WEEE (waste electrical and electronic equipment) is processed in Flanders each year....
EoL processing of textiles
54.7 kt

EoL processing of textiles

This indicator shows the amount of EoL (end-of-life) textiles collected each year in Flanders and how this waste stream...
OOM/POM ratio for household EEE
50%

OOM/POM ratio for household EEE

This indicator shows the ratio of the amount of EEE that is taken out of the market (OOM) each...