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»Only« 380 million tonnes of waste in 2023: German waste production is at a low level. Construction and demolition waste has fallen the most.
The total amount of waste has fallen to the lowest level in Germany since 2010, mainly in relation to a particular sector.
According to provisional results, 380.1 million tonnes of waste were generated in Germany in 2023. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the International Environment Day on 5 June 2025, this was 4.8% or 19.0 million tonnes of waste less than in the previous year. As a result, annual waste generation has declined steadily since the peak of 417.2 million tonnes in 2018. Less waste than in 2023 was generated in Germany in 201…


Waste generation has fallen to the lowest level since 2010, mainly in relation to a particular sector.
According to preliminary results, 380.1 million tons of waste were generated in Germany in 2023. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) announced on Tuesday, this was 4.8 percent, or 19.0 million tons, less than in the previous year. This means that the annual waste volume has declined continuously since its peak of 417.2 million tons in 2018. The last time less waste was generated in Germany in 2023 was in 2010 (373.0 million tons). The v…
According to preliminary results, 380.1 million tons of waste were generated in Germany in 2023. As the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) further announced on the occasion of International Environment Day on June 5, 2025, this was 4.8%, or 19.0 million tons, less than in the previous year. This means that the annual waste volume has declined continuously since its peak of 417.2 million tons in 2018. The last time less waste was generated in …
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