Waste Statistics 1998

Table 2.
Waste generation in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998 by mode of treatment and target for year 2004.

 
Sources: ISAG-reports for 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998, Danish Government’s Waste Management Plan 1998-2004, Waste 21, Danisco, Association of Danish Recycling Industries and other large scrap dealers, Elsam, Elkraft, and reports to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants applied to farmland etc. (for 1998, figures from 1997 have been used. Sludge in long-term storage has been included in amounts of sludge applied to farmland etc.), and incineration in sludge incineration plants (for 1998, figures from 1997 have been used).

(1) States that waste is assumed to be treated separately by special treatment. Comprises treatment of hazardous waste, including special health-care waste.