#Waste
Implementation of circular economy strategies by companies
In order to successfully make the transition to a circular economy, companies must also do their part and implement...
68.0% recycled
Industrial waste recycling
Primary industrial waste is the waste that is produced by companies (excl. waste from the waste-processing sector). Recycling is...
477.2 kg/cap
Production of household waste
Household waste is all waste that is collected by the municipalities or intermunicipal authorities. It includes not only waste...
63.8% recycled
Household waste recycling
In Flanders we try as much as possible to recycle waste that cannot be reused. The type of waste...
143.5 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...
240.9 kt
Household food waste
This indicator paints a picture of, on the one hand, the amount and type of food waste that was...
28.8 million tonnes
Production of secondary raw materials
Primary raw materials (minerals) are extracted from soil or water. Secondary raw materials are by-products or materials that have...
16,374 kton
Production of primary industrial waste
Primary industrial waste is all waste that is generated by the original producer and therefore not during subsequent processing....
221 kt (33.8 kg/cap)
Reuse indicator
This indicator measures circular reuse in Flanders. By reuse, we mean that when someone no longer wishes to use...
948.3 kt
Production of primary industrial residual waste
Primary industrial residual waste is the part of primary industrial waste that is not selectively presented or collected. Primary...
4.44 million tonnes
Incinerated, co-incinerated and landfill waste of Flemish origin
Flanders aims to incinerate or send to landfill as little household and industrial waste as possible. Yet there are...
29.5 kt of fly-tipping
Littering and fly-tipping
Littering is when people leave behind, consciously or unconsciously, smaller items of waste (e.g. tissues, bits of paper…) in...
97% recovered
Valorisation of end-of-life cars via official demolition
This indicator gives information on the valorisation of demolished end-of-life (EOL) cars in Belgium. The reported values show the...
101% collected
Valorisation of old tyres
This indicator presents the collection rate of tyres in Belgium, divided into the different downstream processing routes as applied...
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...
3,485 kt food waste
Food residues and food loss
This indicator shows the amount of food residues and food loss per sector of the Flemish food chain (2015)....
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...
Cascade index 8.2
Valorisation of residual food streams
This indicator shows the valorisation chain and cascade index of the residual food streams per sector in Flanders.
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...
1,391 kt digestate
Processing of residual food streams
This indicator shows the output of the fermentation of residual food streams.
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...
70.5 kt
Proportion of food in residual household waste
This indicator shows how much food waste is not sorted for household collection and therefore ends up in the...
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...
3,909 kt
Collection of organic residual waste
This indicator shows the evolution of the stream of organic residual waste sorted for collection.
20.7%
Circular Material Use Rate (CMUR)
The circular material use rate (CMUR), also known as circularity rate, is the ratio of circular use of materials...
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...
783 kt
Food packaging
This indicator shows the evolution of the weight of packaging put on the market (POM) by the members of...
96.9%
Recycling rate of building materials
This indicator offers more insight into the recycling rate of building materials in Flanders. Here, we look at not...
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....
698 kt
Collection of food packaging
This indicator shows the evolution of the sorted collection of packaging waste and, for each type of packaging, also...
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....
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...
27%
Share of food packaging in the residual waste stream
This indicator shows how much food packaging ended up in the residual waste in Flanders in the period 2013-2014....
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...
