Office of Statistics Liechtenstein (Amt für Statistik Liechtenstein)                      

Administrative Data and Surveys

Office of Statistics Liechtenstein
Aeulestrasse 51
9490 Vaduz
Liechtenstein

25 June 2025

25 June 2025

25 June 2025

Packaging and packaging waste is estimated using collected data from waste collectors, waste treatment operators and municipalities.

New calculation rules are not used.

Average loss rates are not applied.

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

The packaging and packaging waste data are broken down by waste categories (packaging material) and by treatment operation. The reporting methodology and details on packaging and packaging waste are laid down in Commission Decision 2005/270/EC of 22 March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Data are broken down by waste categories (waste) and by waste management operations (wst_oper).

Waste categories:

• Paper and cardboard packaging;
• plastic packaging;
• wooden packaging;
• metallic packaging;
• glass packaging;
• other packaging.

Waste management operations:

• Waste generated;
• Recovery (sum of: c, d and e);
• Recovery — energy recovery from packaging waste;
• Recovery — other (other than energy recovery and recycling);
• Recycling (sum of f, g and h);
• Recycling in the Member State;
• Recycling in other Member States of the EU;
• Recycling outside the EU;
• iRepair.

Packaging waste collected.

Recycling of metals from incinerator bottom ash: No data available. Liechtenstein does not have a waste incineration plant. Household wastes are incinerated in Switzerland.

No information on reuse systems available.

The wastes and treatment types related to "other recovery" are not applicable.

No information on temporary storage of packaging waste available.

Waste collecting enterprises and municipalities.

Packaging waste collected.

Liechtenstein.

Data on packaging waste are available since 2006.

Not applicable.

Tonnes.

Calendar year

European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste. 

Commission Decision 2005/270/EC of 22 March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste.

Statistikgesetz (Statistics Act - Liechtenstein Law Gazette 2008 No 271).

Statistikverordnung (Statistics Ordinance - Liechtenstein Law Gazette 2009 No 197).

Not applicable.

Data protection and disclosure conditions are governed by the Statistikgesetz (Statistics Act -Liechtenstein Law Gazette 2008 No 271) and the Statistikverordnung (Statistics Ordinance -Liechtenstein Law Gazette 2009 No 197). They are also covered by the Datenschutzgesetz (DataProtection Act - Liechtenstein Law Gazette 2002 No 55) and the Datenschutzverordnung (DataProtection Ordinance - Liechtenstein Law Gazette 2002 No 102).

Not applicable.

The Office of Statistics has a release calendar where the release dates for national publications are announced 3 months in advance of the publication date. The release calendar is publicly available on the homepage of the Office of Statistics Liechtenstein.

Release or transmission dates are defined in the pertaining regulations.

Link to the release calendar for national publications of the Office of Statistics.

Release policy for national publications:
All statistics users are informed at the same time. The Office of Statistics offers an email newsletter. Users can subscribe to this newsletter on its homepage. The newsletter is sent to subscribers at the same time as the publication is published on the homepage of the Office of Statistics.

National data on packaging wastes are disseminated annualy since 2011 (environmental statistics 2010).

A newsletter is sent out. It contains some short information about the publication released, a link to download the publication and a link to the topic on the homepage of the Office of Statistics.

The Office of Statistics releases one publication in the topic waste per year.

National publications are pubished electronically on the homepage of the Office of Statistics.
There, data can be downloaded as excel files, a pdf file for the publication can be generated and a pdf on methodology and quality can be downloaded (available only in German).

Interactive tables (in German and partly also in English) are published on eTab. Data on packaging wastes can be found under the following link on the homepage of the Office of Statistics  (available only in German). Data on packaging wastes are also published on eTab in the topic "Abfall" (available only in German).

Office of Statistics has an online database. On eTab interactive tables (in German and partly also in English) are published at this website.

Microdata can be made available to other statistical offices or researchers for statistical purposes.

Data (excel files, eTab) can be downloaded free of charge from the homepage of the Office of Statistics.

Methodological information is published under "Methodik & Qualität'' in the topic waste on the homepage of the Office of Statistics.
There a pdf document can be downloaded with information on methodology and quality of environmental statistics (available only in German).

Methodological information is published under "Methodik & Qualität'' in the topic waste on the homepage of the Office of Statistics.
There a pdf document can be downloaded with information on methodology and quality of environmental statistics (available only in German).

The second-pair-of-eyes principle is used for statistical publications. This means that a second person checks the draft of each statistical publication for quality before it is published. Control calculations and comparisons with the previous year are also carried out.
The Office of Statistcs uses quality guidelines for the production of statistical publications at this website.

Data quality of collected wastes at the collection points of the municipalities is good. The wastes are weighed before recycling.
Data quality of collected household wastes is good. They are weighed before incineration.
At waste mangement companies in Liechtenstein also households or companies from abroad can dispose of materials. Therefore the share of disposed of materials from Liechtenstein is estimated by the waste management companies.

Main users: Government, other Offices, other institutions, media. 

Not available.

Waste disposed of at selling points is not included. There are no data available.

Waste disposed of directly abroad (besides household wastes) are not included. There are no data available.

No data on put on the market (POM) available for packaging and reusable packaging due to missing sales and import data.

No data available on compostable packaging at biowaste treatment plants.

No data on reuse available.

Data quality of collected wastes at the collection points of the municipalities is good. The wastes are weighed before recycling.
Data quality of collected household wastes is good. They are weighed before incineration.
At waste mangement companies in Liechtenstein also households or companies from abroad can dispose of materials. Therefore the share of disposed of materials from Liechtenstein is estimated by the waste management companies.
Waste disposed of at selling points is not included. There are no data available.
Waste disposed of directly abroad (besides household wastes) are not included. There are no data available.

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.

No statistical survey used in LI.

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.

No statistical survey used in LI.

No sampling used in LI.

If errors occur, they are corrected by waste management companies responsible for data collection and estimation. The final control and verification are provided by Office of Environment.

Data are available at t+18 months (Eurostat data transmission).

National publication is at t+23 months.

Packaging waste data 2023 were transmitted to Eurostat at 25 June 2025.

Not applicable.

At waste collectors (waste management companies) in Liechtenstein households or companies can dispose of recycleable materials like paper and board. Data on other materials were missing until 2015. Since 2015 data on glass, plastic, aluminium and metals are available for waste management companies, too.

No cross domain checks carried out.

No inconsistencies in the data set.

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.

No revision for packaging waste data. Data were transmitted to Eurostat as final data.

There are no revisions to report for packaging waste.

See 18.3.1.

The waste samples for waste analysis are taken from:

Annually.

See 18.3.1.

Packaging and packaging waste is estimated using collected data from waste collectors, waste treatment operators and municipalities. Data from waste collection points of municipalities are collected annually by the Office of Environment. At waste collection points of municipalities in Liechtenstein housholds form Liechtenstein can dispose of recycleable materials like paper, board, glass, aluminium, ... The disposed of materials are then collected by waste collectors and weighed before recycling.

At waste collectors (waste management companies) in Liechtenstein households or companies can dispose of recycleable materials like paper and board. Data on other materials were missing until 2015. Since 2015 data on glass, plastic, aluminium and metals are available, too. At waste mangement companies in Liechtenstein also households or companies from abroad can dispose of materials. Therefore the share of disposed of materials from Liechtenstein is estimated by the waste management companies. The Office of Environment collects data from waste management companies in Liechtenstein annually.
Furthermore data on household wastes from Liechtenstein which are incinerated in Switzerland are collected by the Office of Environment from the waste incineration plant annually.  
To estimate the packaging and packaging waste from the incinerated household wastes, results of a study on the composition of household wastes are used. This study was conducted on behalf of the Office of Environment in the year 2002. To estimate the amount of packaging and packaging waste for each fraction (paper, board, ...) two coefficients are used (1. share in incinerated household wastes and 2. share of packaging and packaging waste). e.g. the share of glass in incinerated household wastes is 6% and the share of glass packaging is 98.5%. As a result the amount of glass packaging in incinerated household wastes is calculated by multiplying the amount of incinerated household wastes by 0.06 and 0.985.

Used coefficients (shares) for estimating packaging and packaging waste in incinerated household wastes:

• Glass: 6% (share in incinerated household wastes) and 98.5% (share of packaging and packaging waste);
• Plastic: 8% and 96%;
• Paper: 16% and 15%;
• Board: 4% and 96%;
• Aluminium: 2% and 96%;
• Steel: 1% and 94%;
• Wood: 1% and 100%;
• Other (composite packaging): 5% and 100%.

Used coefficients (shares) for estimating packaging and packaging waste in seperately collected waste (recycleable materials):

• Glass: 100%;
• Plastic: 95%;
• Paper: 10%;
• Board: 95%;
• Aluminium: 100%;
• Steel: 0%;
• Wood: 100%;
• Other: -.

Composite packaging are counted to the packaging waste material category "Others".

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

In general it is assumed that the estimated amounts of packaging and packaging waste from household wastes are incinerated (without metal, metall goes to recycling) and the estimated amounts of packaging and packaging waste from the collection points of the municipalities and from the waste management companies are recycled.                                           

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

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.

See 18.4.1.

Customs treaty with Switzerland, supervised collection points.

Waste collected at the collection points of the municipalities is recycled in Switzerland. Household wastes are incinerated in a waste incineration plant in Switzerland. Wastes are exported untreated.                                          

Not available.

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.

See 18.3.1., 18.5.1. and following sections.

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

 See 18.3.1.

No estimates.

See concept 18.3.1.

No data available on compostable packaging at biowaste treatment plants.

See concept 18.3.1.                                

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.

No adjustments used.

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.

see Concept 18.3.1

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

 see Concept 18.3.1

No further comments.