The Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment fo Pirkanmaa

Centralised environmental services, Producer responsibility

P.O.Box 247

FI-33101 Tampere

Finland

22 October 2024

22 October 2024

22 October 2024

Table_1a is used for reporting in accordance with the old calculation rules.

Derogation to make use of the delegated act on average loss retes has not been applied.

Table : Institutions involved in the collection of data and distribution of tasks

R/D codes defined in the Directive 2008/98/EC.

R/D codes defined in the Directive 2008/98/EC are solely used.

Adjusted recycling rate including repair of wooden packaging is 20,5 %.

The amount on metals in IBA currently not availablke and they will be taken into account in the future.

Adjusted recycling rate including repair of wooden packaging is 20,5 %.

No data available on the amountof metals in incineration bottom ash (IBA) for the calculation of the targets. The amount on metals in IBA will be taken into account in the future.

Reuse systems for each material (plastic, metals, wood, paper and cardboard) are mainly business transport packaging operated by trade and industry.

Glass waste that was processed into foam glass, 1,0 % of waste.

Not applicable.

Producer orgaizations and deposit based return systems for beverage containers.

5 556 000 units.

Finland.

2022.

Not applicable.

Tonnes.

Calendar year.

Waste act 646/2011.

Waste act 646/2011.

Statistics on packaging and packaging waste are in accordance with the Commission Decision 2005/270/EC.

European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Obligatory reporting using electronic registry.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Annual.

Not applicable.

• Website for the national supervising authority; Packaging statistics 2020-2022.
• Website of the deposit-based return system for beverage packaging.
• Website of the service operator for the EPR schemes of packaging; Annual review on packaging waste collected for recycling.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not available.

The data is reported by the PROs. The PROs have contracts with the recycling operators requiring reporting according to requirements of the directive.

The PoM data collected by the PROs is estimated to be reliable. However, it is missing the amounts from producers with turnover below 1 million EURO, free-riders and private imports. These amounts have been estimated using different surveys, and the accuracy might not be very high. The amounts of recycling are reported by the PROs and they are based on weighing the waste, either at calculation point or at the output of the sorting facility. If needed, non-targeted materials are being subtracted using compocition analyses. There  may be some underreporting of recycled waste, especially for business packaging. For example, some metal packaging is recycled together with other metals and not reported to the PRO.

Reuse systems are operated by trade and industry. Data quality is estimated to be of high quality. Data collection is based on the number of rotations for each packaging type, transformed into total weight.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in previous questions.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in other concepts.

Not applicable.

Reuse systems are operated by trade and industry. Data quality is estimated to be of high quality. Data collection is based on the number of rotations for each packaging type, transformed into total weight.

6 months.

Data reported to Eurostat 18 months after the end of each reference year.

Not applicable.

No changes from previous years.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Explanation detailing the causes of the tonnage difference (in relation to which waste streams, sectors or estimates have caused the difference, and what the underlying cause is) for any component of packaging waste generated and recycled which shows greater than a 10 % variation from the data submitted for the previous data year.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Since 2020 reporting has been done applying the new calculation methods. Correction backwards is not possible due to missing data.

Data reported  is mainly provided by producer orgaizations and deposit based return systems for beverage containers.

The waste samples for waste analysis are taken from:

Annual.

POM data is collected from individual producers by packaging PROs or deposit based systems for beverage containers. Waste management data is collected by packaging PROs or deposit based systems for beverage containers from their contract operators. Aggregated data is submitted to authorities annually.

Only metal packaging is collected together with other houshold metals. The amount of packagin metals is calculated using waste analysis of collected metals.

Data on the packaging put on the market is collected from the producers. It is obligatory to report materials separately, if the amount of the component is above 5 %.

Additional information about the methodology, including the combination of methods used.

Not applicable.

Reuse systems are operated by private companies. No public data on their systems are available.

Calculation of recycling of metals from incinerator bottom ash : Detailed description of the method to collect data in order to calculate the amount of metals separated from incineration bottom ash in accordance with the Commission Implementing Act adopted in accordance with Article 37(7) of Directive 2008/98/EC.

Please see subcategories 18.4.1. - 18.4.5.

The data is reported by the PROs. The PROs have contracts with the recycling operators requiring reporting according to requirements of the directive. The PROs have an obligation to report the amount of packaging waste recycled in each facility to the authorities.

The exporter has to apply for a permit from the appropriate authority (Finnish Environment Institute) and fill the obligations considering waste shipments. The PRO has to ensure that the recycling facility meets the requirements for recycling. The PRO has to report to authorities the amounts of packaging waste recycled in each facility.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

The PoM data collected by the PROs is estimated to be reliable. However, it is missing the amounts from producers with turnover below 1 million EURO, free-riders and private imports. These amounts have been estimated using different surveys, and the accuracy might not be very high. The amounts of recycling are reported by the PROs and they are based on weighing the waste, either at calculation point or at the output of the sorting facility. If needed, non-targeted materials are being subtracted using compocition analyses. There  may be some underreporting of recycled waste, especially for business packaging. For example, some metal packaging is recycled together with other metals and not reported to the PRO.

Primary sources and their shares in the total

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered.

Primary sources and their shares in the total

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered.

Packaging waste generated estimated by waste analysis

The PoM data collected by the PROs is estimated to be reliable. However, it is missing the amounts from producers with turnover below 1 million EURO, free-riders and private imports. These amounts have been estimated using different surveys, and the accuracy might not be very high.

All PROs have contracts with recycling operators. The operators report the amount of waste at the calculation point to the PROs. For instance, the amount of glass packaging waste entering a recycling process is reported (measurement point). The amount of non-targeted materials for each batch of glass waste is determined at the recycling facility and subtracted from the amount at the measurement point.

Compostable packaging are not identified or reported.

All packaging materials recycled are calculated at the calculation point (material recycling). It is obligatory to report the POM data of composite packaging or packaging composed of multiple materials for each material. Only if the share of a material is below 5 %, reporting is voluntary.

Description of the sorted packaging waste to which ALRs are applied, types of sorting plants to which different ALRs apply, the methodological approach to calculating ALRs at such point(s), including the statistical accuracy of any surveys used, or the nature of any technical specifications.

Not applicable.

Description, where applicable, of the methodology to exclude non-packaging waste from the reported amount of recycled packaging waste and of the methodology to correct the amount of packaging waste at the measurement point in order to reflect the natural humidity rate of packaging (including by using relevant European standards). Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

Description of the methodology to exclude waste originating from other countries, where applicable. Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

Data gaps considering the PoM method have been covered using reports, surveys and professional estimates. The method will be developed for the future years.