Press release

Material flows in Switzerland 64 million tonnes of materials were stored in 2006 as infrastructure, buildings and other goods

Neuchâtel, 25.11.2008 (FSO) - The activities of the Swiss economy and households generated the use of nearly 360 million tonnes of materials in 2006. The transformation, consumption and combustion of materials in Switzerland discharged nearly 60 million tonnes of waste to the environment, mainly in the form of air emissions. At the same time, 64 million tonnes of materials were stored, e.g. in buildings or infrastructure. This is the first time that a balance sheet of material flows is published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).