Current environmental protection expenditures in industry by environmental domain, 2001-2023
This graph only contains current expenditures of environmental protection, no investments are included.
The environmental domain Other has been divided into Biodiversity, Land and groundwater, and Other* from 2016 and onwards.
Definitions and explanations
Air - Measures to reduce pollution to air.
Water - Measures to reduce the pollution of surface water and seawater, including wastewater management.
Waste - Measures to reduce the generation of waste and of its harmful effect on the environment.
Other - Measures to protect biodiversity and landscape, to reduce environmental pollution of land and groundwater, to reduce noise, vibration and radiation, and other environmental protection activities not elsewhere classified.
Biodiversity - Measures to protect biodiversity and landscape.
Land & groundwater- Measures to reduce pollutant infiltration to land and groundwater.
Other* - Measures to reduce noise, vibration and radiation, as well as other environmental protection activities not elsewhere classified.
