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A graph shows the primary raw material consumption per capita for 2000 to 2022. It is divided according to different types of materials. After an initial increase, the raw material footprint has fallen again to its original level in recent years.

Raw material use for domestic consumption and investments (RMC) per capita

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A graph shows the amount of municipal waste from 2010 to 2023. During this period the amount decreased from 49.2 million tonnes to 48.9 million tonnes.

Waste generation in municipal waste category

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A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2023. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.2 percent.

Share of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total amount of municipal waste

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A graph shows the total raw material productivity plus the primary raw material inputs and the sum of gross domestic product and the value imports from 2010 to 2022 (2010 = 100).

Total raw material productivity

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The diagram shows the development of raw material consumption (RMC) in Germany by raw material group between 2008 and 2020. In the four raw material groups, the consumption of metal ores increases by 12%, biomass consumption decreases by 6%, the consumption of fossil fuels decreases by 14% and that of non-metallic minerals increases by 0.5%.

Development of raw material consumption (RMC) in Germany by raw material group, 2008–2020

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Poster ERF 2020 (PDF)

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The pie chart shows all environmental crimes recorded by the police in 2016, by individual offences. In 2016, 7.528 cases, i.e. 38 % of all environmental crimes, were criminal offences involving the unauthorised handling of waste (§ 326 except paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code). Crimes under the Animal Protection Act accounted for 33 % of the total with 6.527 cases and water pollution for 13 % with 2.563 cases.

All environmental crimes: cases recorded by the police, by type of crime (2016)

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The figure highlights the raw material consumption (RMC) for the six Green-scenarios for 2030, 2040, and 2050 in comparison to 2010 (base year).
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