Mining of minerals and soil materials increased domestic material consumption...
A total of 184 million tonnes of natural resources were taken into use in Finland in 2020 Domestic material consumption grew by close on five per cent from the previous year and the volume was highest...
View ArticleManufacturing boosted growth in the environmental goods and services sector...
The turnover from Finland's environmental goods and services sector was EUR 43 billion in 2020. Good 170,000 staff-years were made in the environmental goods and services sector. The value of exports...
View ArticleAmount of municipal waste continued growing in 2020 - most of waste was still...
In 2020, around 3.3 million tonnes of municipal waste were generated. Compared with the previous year, the total amount of waste increased by 170,000 tonnes, or by over five per cent. There were no...
View ArticleGreenhouse gas emissions fell in 2020, international commitments attainable...
According to Statistics Finlands preliminary data, the total emissions of greenhouse gases in 2020 corresponded with 48.1 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2 eq.). Emissions fell by nine per cent...
View ArticleFinland has met its greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments
According to Statistics Finland's data, greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 amounting to 47.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (million tonnes of CO2 eq.) were the lowest in the reference...
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