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Materialflows in Austria 2022

Data from the material flow accounts provide information about the circular economy in Austria, which in turn is an important element of the European Green Deal. The diagram shows the material flows in the Austrian economy. The ratio of direct material input (imports and extraction of natural resources) to processed and recycled material (material stocks), exports and emissions to nature (emissions, dissipative flows, waste). The circularity rate, i.e. the ratio between the total material input into the Austrian economy and the recycled residual materials that flow back into the product cycle, is 9.8 %. This percentage represents the proportion of the total processed material in the Austrian economy that comes from recycling.

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Air emissions, GDP and environmental protection expenditures for air pollution control and climate protection in Austria 2000 - 2022

Environmental protection expenditures for air pollution control and climate protection in Austria has increased from around 570 million Euro in 2000 to just over 2 000 million Euro in 2021. (Data for environmental protection expenditures is only available up to 2021.) In the same period, GDP in Austria has almost doubled. At the same time, air emissions of CH₄, NO_x and SO₂ have fallen significantly in some cases. CH₄ and NO_x by around 30-40 % and SO₂ by over 60 %. CO₂ emissions, on the other hand, have increased by over 13 % over the same period. While CH₄ emissions have been steadily falling since 2000, NO_x and SO₂ emissions have increased slightly again since 2020.

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