Danish exports of environmental products and consulting services within the waste sector in 1999
4. Danish environmental exports to the waste sector
4.1 ProductsIn 1999, Danish exports of products to the waste sector totalled DKK 427m. Sixty-nine per cent of environmental exports were products for thermal waste treatment such as plants for incinerating mixed nonhazardous waste, very hazardous waste or clinical risk (hospital) waste.
Products also included plants for sludge drying and sludge incineration as well as grating systems and furnace and boiler plants.
Fifteen per cent of products exported were for accumulation, collection and transport of waste such as stands and sacks, bins and containers, compactor containers, carts, transfer stations, collection trucks, etc.
Products exported to the waste sector in 1999
Twelve per cent were products used for recycling waste such as plants and equipment for mixed waste shredding, organic household waste, garden and park waste as well as concrete and other building waste.
These products also included equipment for other handling, pretreatment or processing of waste fractions.
The remaining 4 per cent of products exported to the waste sector were for composting, depositing, etc. None of the companies participating in this study exported products for soil decontamination.
Export market breakdown
Above all, Danish exports of products to the waste sector were targeted at two main markets.
Forty-one per cent of products were exported to the Asian market (the Middle East, Asia and Japan).
Forty per cent were exported to our neighbouring countries (the Nordic region, the UK and Germany), while 16 per cent were sold to the rest of Western Europe.
Export markets in 1999
The remaining 3 per cent of products went to Central and Eastern Europe as well as Africa. Virtually no products were exported to the American and Australian continents.
Individual export markets
Exports to the two large main
markets break down differently.
Almost all exports to the Asian market (97 per cent) were products for thermal waste treatment.
Exports to our neighbouring countries consisted of a variety of types: products for incineration (51 per cent), products for accumulation, collection and transport of waste (32 per cent) and products for recycling waste (12 per cent).
Products exported to the rest of Western Europe in 1999 break down into products for incineration (43 per cent), products for recycling waste (42 per cent) and products for accumulation, collection and transport of waste (8 per cent).
Exporter breakdown
In 1999, five companies accounted for more than 80 per cent of all waste treatment products exported to the waste sector.
They were:
• Babcock & Wilcox Vølund AS (incineration plants)
• Bramidan A/S (waste compactors)
• ENVIKRAFT A/S (special incineration of clinical risk and hazardous waste)
• Niro Separation A/S (waste shredders)
• Trioplast Nyborg A/S (plastic sacks)
According to this study, the remaining 15 companies exporting products to the waste sector in 1999 accounted for less than 20 per cent of total exports.
Products exported to the waste sector in 1999
4.2 Consulting services
In 1999, Danish exports of consulting services to the waste sector totalled DKK 64m.
Different types of consulting services
Twenty-five per cent of consulting services were not related to individual waste treatment processes, but to the category "Other", which covers services offered to authorities, by-product handling, environmental impact and the like.
Forty per cent of consulting services were related to thermal waste treatment.
Consulting services exported to the waste sector in 1999
The remaining one-third of consulting services break down as follows:
9% Depositing
7% Accumulation, collection and transport
7% Soil cleaning
6% Services for recycling waste
4% Composting
Export market breakdown
In 1999, Central and Eastern Europe constituted the largest market for consulting services, accounting for 31 per cent of all consulting services exported. The Nordic region, the UK and Germany accounted for an additional 20 per cent and the rest of Western Europe for 13 per cent.
Export markets in 1999
The remaining 36 per cent of services were exported to:
22% The Middle East, Asian and Japan
11% Africa
3% The USA, Canada, Australia and other countries
No consulting services were exported to Central and South America.
Individual exports markets
Central and Eastern Europe accounted for DKK 2-4m in each of the seven categories
of consulting services. However, services exported to our neighbouring countries (the
Nordic region, the UK and Germany) comprised 
only services for thermal waste treatment. Services sold to the rest of
Western Europe were mainly services in the category "Other".
Exporter breakdown
In 1999, four companies accounted for more than 80 per cent of all waste treatment services exported to the waste sector:
• Chemcontrol A/S
• COWI A/S
• Hedeselskabet
• Rambøll
According to this study, the remaining five companies exporting consulting services to the waste sector in 1999 accounted for less than 20 per cent of total exports.
Consulting services exported to the waste sector in 1999
