NAMEA: origin and destination of substances for 2002*
Producers contribute more to environmental pressure than consumers.
| Emissions in 2002* | CO2 | N2O | CH4 | CFCs and halons | NOX | SO2 | NH3 | P 1) | N 1) | Waste1) |
| million kg | 1 000 kg | million kg | ||||||||
| Origin of substances | ||||||||||
| Emissions from consumers (1) | 37 311 | 1,2 | 20 | 69 | 78,4 | 1,3 | 8,8 | 9,2 | 114 | 5 159 |
| Emissions from producers (2) | 174 925 | 46 | 548 | 115 | 651 | 207 | 139 | 70 | 730 | 7 412 |
| Other domestic origin (3) | 1 119 | - | 346 | 26 | 0,40 | 0,03 | 6,2 | 15 | ||
| Total emissions originating in the Netherlands (4 = 1 + 2+ 3) | 213 355 | 47 | 914 | 210 | 730 | 208 | 147 | 86 | 859 | 12 572 |
| From abroad (5) | 98 | 59 | 25 | 12 | 405 | |||||
| Total (6 = 4 + 5) | 213 355 | 47 | 914 | 210 | 828 | 267 | 173 | 98 | 1 264 | 12 572 |
| Destination of substances | ||||||||||
| Reabsorbed by producers (7) | 25 | 119 | 4 786 | |||||||
| Going abroad (8) | 679 | 207 | 75 | 13 | 635 | . | ||||
| Contribution to environmental themes (9 = 6 - 7 - 8) | ||||||||||
| Greenhouse effect | 213 355 | 47 | 914 | |||||||
| Depletion ozone layer | 210 | |||||||||
| Acidification | 149 | 60 | 97 | |||||||
| Eutrophication | 64 | 509 | ||||||||
| Waste | 7 786 | |||||||||
| Total (10 = 7 + 8 + 9) | 213 355 | 47 | 914 | 210 | 828 | 267 | 173 | 98 | 1 264 | 12 572 |
| Source: CBS (2003). | CBS/EDC/July03/0212 | |||||||||
| 1) Data for P, N and waste relate to 2001. | ||||||||||
Origin and destination of substances
The table accurately describes the origin and destination of substances. In general, it can be said that producers clearly contribute more than consumers. A more extensive overview can be found in the Statistics Netherlands publication 'National Accounts' (CBS, 2003).
Method: origin of substances
The origin of the emissions has been broken down into three categories. The first category (1) shows the emissions from consumers, with a distinction between the emissions from personal transport and other consumption. The second category (2) shows the emissions from producers, specified by economic activity in line with the NAMEA sectors. Emissions from transport occur in every business sector and are included in the totals per economic activity. The third category (3) describes the emissions which cannot be allocated to consumption or production. Transport differences are stated separately here, as well as landfill sites. Emissions from landfill sites originate largely from waste dumped in the past. It is not clear how these should be allocated to economic activities in the current year. The sum of the first three categories gives the total emissions originating in the Netherlands (4).
A major difference with the total emissions on Dutch territory (6) is that the emissions from international transport are also included. The emissions from abroad category (5) makes a distinction between emissions from people not living in the Netherlands (foreigners causing pollution in the Netherlands) and pollutants which enter the Netherlands by water or air. However, neither category is taken into account when they relate to the environmental themes of the Greenhouse Effect and the Depletion of the Ozone Layer, since these indicators relate exclusively to the Dutch contribution to these global problems. A more detailed table showing the origin of the substances is also available.
Method: destination and contributions of substances to environmental themes
The emissions ultimately end up in different places. First of all, some are reabsorbed into the production process (7), for example when environmental cleaning companies process waste or wastewater, or when agriculture uses organic waste for farming purposes. Some of the pollution is also exported to other countries (8) in the air or by rivers flowing into the sea. Here again, emissions from Dutch people living abroad are included, to the extent that emissions contribute to national problems. Subtracting these two categories from the total emissions leaves us with the emissions that contribute to the environmental themes (9=6-7-8). A more detailed table about the destination and the contributions of the substances to environmental themes is also available.
