MAT_STOCKS Database extract for EU27

Material stocks of buildings, infrastructure, machinery and other short-lived products form the biophysical basis of production and consumption. They are a crucial lever for resource efficiency and a sustainable circular economy, as well as for climate change mitigation. Here, we provide a detailed country-level extract of economy-wide material stocks, as well as annual gross additions and annual end-of-life materials, for the EU27, from 1990 to 2016.

The MAT_STOCKS database is derived from the economy-wide, dynamic, inflow-driven stock-flow model of Material Inputs, Stocks and Outputs (MISO2) (Wiedenhofer et al. 2024). MISO2 covers 14 supply chain processes from raw material extraction to processing, trade, recycling and waste management, as well as 13 end-use types of stocks. Further information on the model and its system definition, as well as the model input data and assumptions and data processing procedures can be found in the accompanying peer-reviewed publication given below. The model code and exemplary input data can be found in the GitHub repository also linked to below. 

The MAT_STOCKS database for EU27, version 1.0., provides detailed results extracted from the modeling presented in (Wiedenhofer et al. 2024). The dataset here gives:

Material stocks by end-uses: Civil engineering, Computers, Electrical equipment, Food packaging, Furniture, Machinery and equipment, Motor vehicles, Non-residential buildings, Other transport, Printed matter, Products nec and Residential buildings (S_10)

Material stocks and flows by materials: aggregate downcycled, aggregate virigin, aluminium, asphalt, bitumen, bricks, chromium, concrete, copper, glass (container), glass (flat), iron / steel, lead, manganese, nickel, paper, plastic, tin and wood

Flows: Gross Additions to Stocks (F_9_10) and End-of-Life/Waste potentials (F_10_11)

27 countries of EU

1990 to 2016 

All units in kilotons. Parameter names are in accordance with the system definition given in the publication.

Further information

This dataset complements the following scientific article, as well as a forthcoming report to the EEA:

Wiedenhofer, Dominik and Streeck, Jan and Wieland, Hanspeter and Grammer, Benedikt and Baumgart, Andre and Plank, Barbara and Helbig, Christoph and Pauliuk, Stefan and Haberl, Helmut and Krausmann, Fridolin, From Extraction to End-uses and Waste Management: Modelling Economy-wide Material Cycles and Stock Dynamics Around the World (2024). Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13575

The model code and its documentation are available on Github and Zenodo (see links below). For further information please see the publications. You can also contact Dominik Wiedenhofer dominik.wiedenhofer(a)boku.ac.at and Jan Streeck jan.streeck(a)boku.ac.at.

Funding

This work was supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (MAT_STOCKS, grant agreement No 741950), and the European Union's Horizon Europe programme (CircEUlar, grant agreement No 101056810). Funded by the European Union. The data extract from the underlying detailed MAT_STOCKS database was compiled for the EEA project (No 3504/B2024/EEA.60014), as used in the forthcoming EEA report "Investigating material stocks in Europe". Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or granting authorities.