#Waste
67%
Share of industrial waste getting a second life
Primary industrial waste is the waste produced by companies (excluding waste from the waste processing sector). This indicator...
416 kg/cap
Production of household waste
Household waste is all waste collected by, on behalf of or in cooperation with municipalities or intermunicipal authorities. It...
65.6% effectively recycled
Household waste recycling
This indicator shows the extent to which household waste in Flanders is recycled, composted or fermented.
128 kg/cap
Production of residual household waste
Residual household waste is household waste that is not collected selectively. It therefore refers to general household rubbish, bulky...
34 kg/cap.
Household food waste
This indicator measures food loss in Flemish households.
25.8 million tonnes
Production of secondary raw materials
Secondary raw materials are originally by-products or materials that have reached the end of the waste phase and can...
13,999 kilotonnes
Production of primary industrial waste
This indicator shows the production of waste generated by the original waste producers.
238 kt (35.5 kg/cap)
Reuse indicator
This indicator measures circular reuse in Flanders. By reuse, we mean that when someone no longer wishes to use...
872 kilotonnes
Production of primary industrial residual waste
Primary industrial residual waste is the part of primary industrial waste that is offered or collected non-selectively, and is...
4.58 million tonnes
Incinerated, co-incinerated and landfill waste
This indicator measures how much waste is incinerated, co-incinerated or landfilled.
18.2 kt litter / 28.6 kt fly-tipping
Littering and fly-tipping cleaned up
Litter is smaller waste that is consciously or unconsciously left in a place where it is not allowed. Fly-tipping,...
97.6% recovered
Valorisation of end-of-life cars via official demolition
This indicator gives information on the valorisation of demolished end-of-life cars in Belgium. The reported values show the weighted...
91% collected
Valorisation of old tyres
This indicator shows how many end-of-life tyres are collected in Belgium and how they are subsequently processed. In Belgium,...
883.7 kt food loss
Food residues and food loss
This indicator shows the amounts of food losses and by-product streams per step in the Flemish food chain.
Cascade index 8.0
Valorisation of residual food streams
This indicator shows the quality of valorisation of food waste streams by link.
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...
1,445 kt digestate / 451 kt compost
Processing of organic residual streams
This indicator shows the amount and destination of digestate and compost in Flanders.
48 kg/cap.
Share of food waste in residual household waste
This indicator shows the organic kitchen waste that ends up in household waste.
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....
3.6 Mt
Collection and processing of organic residual waste
This indicator shows the evolution of the stream of organic residual waste sorted for collection.
16.3%
Circular Material Use Rate (CMUR)
The circular material use rate (CMUR), is the ratio of circular use of materials to overall material use. It...
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...
96%
Recycling rate of building materials
This indicator provides more insight into the recycling rate of building materials.
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...