Indicators

34. Domestic material consumption (DMC)
City Last edited Monday 14 February 2022, 14:51 UTC
Description

The total amount of materials directly used by an economy and is defined as the annual quantity of raw materials extracted from the domestic territory, plus all physical imports minus all physical exports. See Eurostat

Methodology

DMC = DEU + IMP - EXP = Domestic extraction used + Imports - Exports

The information above is specific to Vallès Occidental'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.
Rationale

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1. Local stakeholder actions
1. New material passports: Impact C
2. New material passports: Qualitative description C
3. New tools for better mapping of resources and their location: Qualitative description C
4. CE-related knowledge building campaigns: Qualitative description C
5. CE-related knowledge building campaigns: Impact C
6. Circularity related stakeholder activities C
9. New formal CE-based collaboration platforms/networks C
10. Stakeholder contribution to improved circularity C
11. Communication measures on circular transformations and waste prevention C
12. Circularity requirements in procurement beyond existing levels C
13. Circular procurement ambition set out in strategy / policy documents. C
14. Investments in circular economy programmes C
15. Procurement with circularity requirements beyond existing levels: Impact C
16. Procurements making use of stakeholder dialogue to strengthen circularity: Qualitative description C
19. Progress towards circular city strategy objectives C
3. Closing material loops and reducing harmful resource use
34. Domestic material consumption (DMC) C
35. Domestic material consumption (DMC) of virgin materials C
39. Circular Material Use Rate C
48. EU self-sufficiency for raw materials C
55. EOL-RR (End of Life Recycling Rate) C
57. Amount of sector specific waste that is produced C
58. End of Life Processing Rate C
59. Incineration rate C
61. Landfilling rate C
4. Improving human well-being and reducing environmental impacts
82. Urban population exposure to air pollution by particulate matter C
83. Levels of Particulate Matter (PM10) C
84. Levels of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) C
85. GHG emissions per year C
86. Annual CO2 equivalent emissions per capita C
87. Annual CO2 emissions per unit of GDP C