Reduction in consumption of most harmful substances (multi-year total)
RecordSTO-D15EEM6Z5B-1FPRY421KP-FQ8855
European Union · 2014–2024
Reduction in consumption of most harmful substances in the European Union (multi-year total) was 18 million tonnes in 2014–2024 (Eurostat).
- Publisher
- Eurostat
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Highlights
- Retrieved
- 18 Sep 2026
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- Verified
What the source says
Since 2014, there has been an 18 million tonnes reduction in the consumption of the most harmful substances, dropping from 48 million to 30 million tonnes, indicating targeted efforts to reduce these chemicals.
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APA
Statistical Office of the European Union. (2024). Chemicals production and consumption statistics. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Chemicals_production_and_consumption_statistics. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D15EEM6Z5B1FPRY421KPFQ8855
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- MLA
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Chemicals production and consumption statistics." 2024, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Chemicals_production_and_consumption_statistics. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D15EEM6Z5B1FPRY421KPFQ8855.
- Chicago
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Chemicals production and consumption statistics." 2024. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Chemicals_production_and_consumption_statistics. Accessed September 18, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D15EEM6Z5B1FPRY421KPFQ8855.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eurostat2024reductionfq8855, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Chemicals production and consumption statistics}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_D15EEM6Z5B1FPRY421KPFQ8855}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Chemicals\_production\_and\_consumption\_statistics. Accessed September 18, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Chemicals production and consumption statistics
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Highlights
- Retrieved
- 18 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
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Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- pipeline:quote-verified-v2
- Checked on
- 27 September 2026
- Last revision
- 27 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_D15EEM6Z5B1FPRY421KPFQ8855