Description
Estimate material subjected to recycling at demo, sector and city level. ‘Recycling’ means processing of materials to achieve the original high-quality or reduce to low quality.
Definition from Potting; José and Aldert Hanemaaijer (eds.) (PBL), Roel Delahaye and Rutger Hoekstra (CBS), Jurgen Ganzevles and Johannes Lijzen (RIVM) (2018). Circular economy: what we want to know and can measure. Framework and baseline assessment for monitoring the progress of the circular economy in the Netherlands. PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency publication number 3217. The Hague, 2018.
Methodology
Sum up mass of each waste material category subjected to recycling. Data may come from contractors, statistical offices, waste management companies or the Sector Circularity Assessment Method.
The information above is specific to Porto's evaluation plan. For general information on this indicator, please refer to
its entry in the list of indicators. What follows below is what has been filled out by the city.