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3 the firm was drawn from the overlapping category of NIoBE (i.e. the
subpopulation of bioeconomy actors present in more than one data
source); and
4 the firm was not a sole proprietorship and it was registered as active in
the underlying databases at the time of the survey.
The sample constituted a full count of entities that fulfilled these criteria in
NIoBE. Following an initial drawing of the sample, a round of validation was
conducted to exclude defunct or misreported entities (especially in waste
processing).
11.3.3.2 Results
The questionnaire, which was sent to the 304 actors, resulted in 133
responses, of which 85 were complete responses confirming ongoing activities in the area (see Normann, 2018). The completed questionnaires provide
the main focus of the review presented here. A further 48 reported no current
activity and were only asked generic questions, e.g. about unexploited opportunities related to organic waste activities.
Which types of organic waste activities do the companies carry out? figure
11.1 breaks the population of 85 entities down by size, subsector and the type
Figure 11.1 TIK questionnaire: 85 respondents by size class, subsector and type of
activity.
Source: TIK, 2017, collated by NIFU.
3 the firm was drawn from the overlapping category of NIoBE (i.e. the
subpopulation of bioeconomy actors present in more than one data
source); and
4 the firm was not a sole proprietorship and it was registered as active in
the underlying databases at the time of the survey.
The sample constituted a full count of entities that fulfilled these criteria in
NIoBE. Following an initial drawing of the sample, a round of validation was
conducted to exclude defunct or misreported entities (especially in waste
processing).
11.3.3.2 Results
The questionnaire, which was sent to the 304 actors, resulted in 133
responses, of which 85 were complete responses confirming ongoing activities in the area (see Normann, 2018). The completed questionnaires provide
the main focus of the review presented here. A further 48 reported no current
activity and were only asked generic questions, e.g. about unexploited opportunities related to organic waste activities.
Which types of organic waste activities do the companies carry out? figure
11.1 breaks the population of 85 entities down by size, subsector and the type
Figure 11.1 TIK questionnaire: 85 respondents by size class, subsector and type of
activity.
Source: TIK, 2017, collated by NIFU.