Sources: ISAG-1995 and 1996, (1) Danmarks Statistik, (2) Association of Danish Recycling Industries and other bigger scrap dealers, (3) Registrations according to EU´s Regulation 259/93 of shipments of waste.

The imported quantity constitutes less than 4% of the quantity of waste produced in Denmark. The imported quantity increased in 1996 by a little less than 70,000 tonnes compared to 1995. The increase only took place for iron and metal.

About 86% of the quantity imported is in the category "green waste for recovery" (recycling and incineration with energy recovery) in accordance with the EU regulation on transfrontier shipments of waste. Especially iron and other metals, as well as paper and cardboard, account for a large part of the imported "green" waste.

Waste imported for disposal (landfilling and incineration without energy recovery) and waste for recovery (recycling and incineration with energy recovery), which is listed in the OECD red and orange waste lists, is subject to mandatory notifying according to the EU Regulation on transfrontier shipments of waste. This quantity constitutes about 14% of imported waste, i.e. 65,000 tonnes. In particular, waste for Aalborg Portland, for waste incineration plants, sludge destined for application on agricultural land and supplementary fuel for Kommunekemi A/S, account for a large part of the waste subject to mandatory notifying.

The exported quantity of waste constitutes about 9% of the amount of waste produced in Denmark. In comparison with 1995, the exported quantity increased from 940,000 tonnes to 1,194,000 tonnes. The increase is especially due to an increased export of fly ash from coal-fired power plants, but also to a minor increase of iron and other metals, paper and cardboard as well as flue gas cleaning products from waste incineration plants.

Source: (1) Danmarks Statistik, (2) Association of Danish Recycling and other bigger scrap dealers, (3) Elsam and Elkraft, (4) Registrations according to EU´s regulation of shipments of waste, (5) Collections of nickel-cadmium batteries registered by the Environmental Protection Agency, (6) ISAG reports 1995 and 1996.

About 95% of the exported quantity belonged to the category "green waste for recovery". In particular, iron and other metals, as well as paper and cardboard, were exported. Thus, these two fractions accounted for 77% of the quantity of waste exported.

Exports of waste destined for disposal and recovery, which are listed on the OECD red and orange waste lists, are subject to mandatory notifying in accordance with the EU regulation on transfrontier shipments of waste and amount to about 65,000 tonnes, which corresponds to 5% of the quantity exported.

From 1995 to 1996 the quantity of exported waste subject to mandatory notifying has doubled. The increase has primarily taken place within flue gas cleaning products from waste incineration plants.

The export total of about 1,200,000 tonnes of waste is more than twice as large as the quantity imported. On the other hand, imports of waste which is subject to mandatory notifying are almost as large as the exported quantity of waste subject to mandatory notifying.

Table 11 shows the countries to and from which Denmark exports and imports waste which is subject to mandatory notifying. The table shows that waste destined for recovery, which is subject to mandatory notifying, comes almost exclusively from Germany. Norway, Spain, Sweden and Germany are the countries which receive most of what Denmark exports for recovery.

Concerning disposal, the major part of the waste received comes from Norway. Correspondingly, Norway receives almost all of the waste that Denmark exports for disposal (flue gas cleaning products from waste incineration plants).

The geographical structure of countries with which Denmark has co-operated within the treatment of hazardous waste has hardly changed

Source: Environmental Protection Agency. The registration is made on the background of the completed consignment notes in regulation 259/93, which the receiver has to send to the notifier and the competent authorities within three working days after the receipt of the waste. OECD-codes are defined in Commission decision of 21 October 1994 and from the green list in Council Decision of 21 September 1995. (1) Iron from waste incineration plants.

from 1995 to 1996. On the other hand, a considerable increase in the exported amount of waste subject to mandatory notifying has taken place, almost equalising the amount of imported and exported waste subject to mandatory notifying. The increase in the exported amount of waste subject to mandatory notifying is almost exclusively due to flue gas cleaning products from waste incineration plants.

AA010 Dross, scalings and other wastes from the manufacture of iron and steel.
AA020 Zinc ashes and residues.
AA030 Lead ashes and residues.
AA040 Copper ashes and residues.
AA050 Aluminium ashes and residues.
AA060 Vanadium ashes and residues
AA070 Ashes and residues containing metals or metal compounds not elsewhere specified or included.
AA130 Liquors from the pickling of metals.
AA100 Mercury waste and residues.
AA120 Galvanic sludges.
AA160 Ash from incineration of printed circuit boards
AA162 Photographic film ash.
AA170 Lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed.
AA180 Used batteries or accumulators, whole or crushed, other than lead-acid batteries and waste and scrap
            arising from the production of batteries and accumulators, not otherwise specified or included.
AB010 Slag, ash and residues, not elsewhere specified or included..
AB020 Residues arising from the combustion of municipal/household waste.
AB030 Waste from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface treatment of metals.
AB070 Sands used in foundry operations.
AB080 Waste catalysts not on the green list.
AB100 Waste alumina.
AB110 Basic solutions.
AC030 Waste oils unfit for their originally intended use.
AC040 Leaded petrol (gasoline) sludges
AC070 Brake fluids.
AC090 Waste from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticizers, glues and adhesives.
AC170 Treated cork and wood wastes.
AC210 Non-halogenated solvents.
AC220 Halogenated solvents.
AC260 Liquid pig manure; faces.
AC270 Sewage sludge.
AD010 Waste from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products.
AD030 Waste from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood preserving chemicals.
AD040 Inorganic cyanides, excepting precious metal-bearing residues in solid form containing traces of
            inorganic cyanides.
AD060 Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions.
AD070 Waste from production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish.
AD080 Wastes of an explosive nature, when not subject to specific other legislation

AD090 Waste from production, formulation and use of reprograhic and photographic chemicals and
            materials, not elsewhere specified or included.
AD140 Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning of industrial offgases, not elsewhere
            specified or included.
RA010 Waste, substances and articles containing consisting of or contaminated with polychlorinated
            biphenyl (PCB) and/or polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT) and/or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB),
            including any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds at a concentration level of 50
            mg/kg or more.
RC030 Leaded anti-knock compounds sludges
RX100 Other wastes not specified with an OECD-code