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 Sectorial waste produced (t)
Characteristic Description
Name Sectorial waste produced (t) by Type of waste (EWC-stat) and Economic activity (CAE Rev. 3); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Environmental survey - sectoral waste
First available period 2008
Last available period 2023
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type of waste (EWC-stat)
  • Economic activity (CAE Rev. 3)
Concepts
  • SECTORIAL WASTE:  Waste produced within economic activities with production processes that generate waste different from waste generated by families in their homes.
  • WASTE:  Any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard, according Waste Framewok Directive
  • ECONOMIC ACTIVITY:  Combination of resources such as labour, raw materials, equipment, etc., are joined, leading to the creation of specific goods or services. Regardless of the factors of production integrating the good or service produced, all activities generically imply an input of products (goods or services), a production process and an output of products (goods or services).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Measure unit (symbol) Tonne (t)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 28/03/2025


information presented in 8/11/2025