It can be summarised that the construction sector plays an important economic role in the municipality. Various actors and industries are represented here, including some national and international companies. Many of the local companies have been in the municipality for well over 50 years and consistently brought business to and made available job positions in the region.

It was seen that the area is also well suited for extraction of sand and gravel due to its geological history. Since not all of the materials are needed locally, a lot of those are exported.

The current situation of the construction sector with regards to its circularity is hard to determine due to limitations in data availability and quality. The direct reuse of materials is quite low and while the amount of waste subjected to recycling is high, the recycling efficiency is not known, which would help in determining the amount of secondary materials available. It is, however, already commendable that there is a focus on waste sorting, though mostly in the interest of removing hazardous substances from the waste stream and recycling non-hazardous materials lower on the waste hierarchy than where they started.

Overall, the municipality still has a long way to go to make the material flows of their construction sector more circular.

• Domestic material consumption
  338,309 tonnes/year
• End of Life recycling rate
  14.9%
• Amount of sector waste
  633,983 tonnes/year

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