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When addressing the question of sustainable consumption, it became obvious that the available amount of quantitative background data on consumer behaviour was insufficient. This was especially true of trends in consumption patterns and of the related environmental pollution. To rectify this situation, a study was undertaken using existing data as a basis. It sought to form a quantified picture of trends in consumption both past and future, and of the implications of those trends for pressure on the environment.
The results of this study, which was carried out over a period of six weeks, are contained in this report, which offers an insight into the main questions relating to consumption from the environmental policy perspective, and which can serve as a starting point for the discussion of sustainable consumption and its relationships to economic development in the Netherlands.