Public sector environmental protection expenditure

Producer:	Statistics Finland
Data:	Latest release: Public sector environmental protection expenditure peaked in 2006 28 May 2008 Public sector environmental protection expenditure grew significantly in 2006 when compared with previous years. The expenditure grew by as much as 14 per cent from the year 2005. The growth in environmental protection expenditure was strongest in the local government sector, where especially investments in waste and sewage management increased. This year the volume of municipal expenditure on environmental protection exceeded the corresponding expenditure item of central government. Revenue from environmental protection also grew slightly, which counterbalanced the increase in public sector environmental protection expenditure. Next release: 9 Oct 2012
Description:	The statistics on the public sector’s environmental protection expenditure describe the amount of money central and local governments spend annually on environmental protection. The central government’s environmental protection expenditure contains the administrative costs of environmental protection, expenditure on environmental protection and nature conservation, and environmental protection expenditure arising from the use of certain geographic areas. Most of the local government’s environmental protection expenditure arises from wastewater treatment, waste management and air pollution control activities. Read full description >>>

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Statistics Finland

Data:

Latest release:
Public sector environmental protection expenditure peaked in 2006
28 May 2008
Public sector environmental protection expenditure grew significantly in 2006 when compared with previous years. The expenditure grew by as much as 14 per cent from the year 2005. The growth in environmental protection expenditure was strongest in the local government sector, where especially investments in waste and sewage management increased. This year the volume of municipal expenditure on environmental protection exceeded the corresponding expenditure item of central government. Revenue from environmental protection also grew slightly, which counterbalanced the increase in public sector environmental protection expenditure.

Next release:
9 Oct 2012

Description:

The statistics on the public sector’s environmental protection expenditure describe the amount of money central and local governments spend annually on environmental protection. The central government’s environmental protection expenditure contains the administrative costs of environmental protection, expenditure on environmental protection and nature conservation, and environmental protection expenditure arising from the use of certain geographic areas. Most of the local government’s environmental protection expenditure arises from wastewater treatment, waste management and air pollution control activities.
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Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Public sector environmental protection expenditure [e-publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 13.2.2012].
Access method: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/til/jsys/index_en.html.

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