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Environment Protection Expenditure
in Israel
Central Bureau of Statistics
Dr. Moshe Yanai
Yaniv Sharabi
Agriculture and Environments Sector
Environment Protection Expenditure
in the Manufacturing Sector
Progress Report
Existing and Missing Information
 Information
is available only
regarding environment
protection expenditure in the
public sector
 There is no information
regarding environment
protection expenditure in the
rest of the economy
How to obtain the missing data?
 The
next phase – collect data
from the Manufacturing sector
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The method: carrying out a
survey in this sector
 In
the future – we plan to
collect data from other sectors
as well
Objectives and users of the
survey
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Evaluating the expenditure in the
manufacturing sector for the protection of the
environment
Studying the types of technologies that are
used to protect the environment
Data Users:
 CBS: National Accounts Sector, Agriculture
and Environment Sector
 Decision makers in the public sector
 National and International organizations
 The public
Definition and Classification
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Guidelines - OECD and Eurostat
Classification - CEPA 2000
(Classification of Environmental
Protection Activities)
What does the survey examine?
 The
environmental aspect
 The technological aspect
 The economic aspect
Methodology
An example: Environmental
equipment-”Bag Houses”
Protection of ambient air and
climate (environment)
End of pipe solution
(technology)
Investment
Current expenditure
(economy)
Included Sectors
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Based on the “standard classification of
all economics activates” (Israel) similar to the “International Standard
Industrial Classification (ISIC)”
Selected Divisions of the economic
sectors (ISIC):
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C - Mining and quarrying
D - Manufacturing
From E - Electricity
Complexity of data collection
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Lack of knowledge regarding the
Environmental aspect
Difficulty in identification the relevant
expenditure
Incomplete reporting
Identification and isolation of the
reporting unit
Cooperation
Some of the reports are based on
estimations
Limited tools to asses the reliability of the
data
Current Situation- Attained Activities:
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A pilot study
funding for the survey
a survey schedule
A revised questionnaire
Sampling frame
Sample- work in progress
Questions for the SV (Methodology)
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Hazardous wastewater- is it included in
hazardous waste?
Current expenditure- Why there is no
separation to end-of-pipe and integrated
technologies?
Measurement –is it included in current
expenditure?
Protection of soil... and biodiversity- Why there
is no separation to end-of-pipe and integrated
technologies?
Special producers- are all their activities
considered as environmental protection?
Recycling factories/ units- How are they
classified?
Questions for the SV (Interaction with
the establishment)
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How do you locate the contact person in the
factory?
How do you deal with the problem of the
determining the exact "environment
protection expenditure"
Are there any control means to assure that
the reported expenditure is indeed for the
environmental protection?
How can we find out what is the motivation
behind the expenditure?
Questions for the SV (Interaction with
the establishment, continued…)
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What is the procedure to deal with more than
one site in the same company?
What is the categorization system of company
with different activities (industries)?
How do you consider depreciation?
How do you calculate the integrated
technologies?
Questions for the SV (Sampling and
surveying)
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How was your sample constructed?
What was the minimum size for
sampling?
Why did you separate the investment
expenditure into big and small?
Could you describe the process of
reporting online?
What is the procedure for data control
What indicators are produced from the
survey
Thank you