Definition

Flows that enter nature, both during and after the production or consumption processes. Said exits include emissions into the air or the water, dumping of waste, as well as the materials that cause disseminated contamination (such as fertilisers or melting substances). Exits also include the dumping of unused domestic extraction.

Source

Eurostat manual: Economy-wide material flow accounts and derived indicators

Topic

• Environment and sustainable development

Statistical operations

(links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)

• 30086 - Cuentas Medioambientales: Cuenta de Flujos de Materiales

Concepts associated

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