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 Investments on waste management of muncipalities (€)
Characteristic Description
Name Investments on waste management of muncipalities (€) by Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002) and Type of investment; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Statistics of the municipalities in environment - long series
First available period 1993
Last available period 2013
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2002)
  • Type of investment
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • WASTE MANAGEMENT:  The characteristic activities of waste management include: collection, transport, storage, treatment, recovery and disposal of waste, including monitoring the discharge sites after the respective facilities have been closed down, as well as planning these activities. Waste management aims, above all, to prevent or reduce the harmfulness of waste, namely through recycling and changing the production processes, by adopting cleaner technologies, as well as alerting the economic agents and the consumers. In terms of subsidies, waste management aims at recovering waste, namely through recycling or disposing of it in the appropriate manner.
Measure unit (symbol) Euro (€)
Power of 10  3
Observations
Last update date 28/10/2014


information presented in 16/7/2024