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Waste Statistics 2000

Table 1.
Total waste generation in Denmark
   

 

'000 tonnes

Development %

 

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1999-2000

Households

2.575

2.610

2.767

2.776

2.796

2.963

3.084

4

Domestic waste

1.662

1.628

1.655

1.621

1.702

1.665

1.676

1

Bulky waste

606

618

639

588

572

672

730

9

Garden waste

286

326

401

443

438

464

519

12

Other

21

38

72

125

83

163

158

-3

Institutions/trade and offices

656

834

851

861

955

955

1.119

17

Manufacturing industry etc.

2.309

2.563

2.632

2.736

2.783

2.653

2.948

11

Building and construction

2.433

2.559

3.088

3.427

2.962

2.968

3.223

9

Wastewater treatment plants

1.156

1.195

1.212

1.248

1.251

1.379

1.476

7

Slag, fly ash etc. (coal)

1.962

1.699

2.332

1.775

1.469

1.299

1.176

-9

Other

14

6

30

34

18

15

5

-65

Total

11.105

11.466

12.912

12.857

12.233

12.233

13.031

7

Sources: ISAG-reports, Danisco, Association of Danish Recycling Industries and other large scrap dealers, Elsam, Energi E2, and reports to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants applied to farmland etc. and incineration of sludge in sludge incineration plants. (For sludge for recycling and incineration figures from 1999 have been used). Figures for sludge are stated in wet weight. Sludge in long-term storage has been included in amounts of sludge applied to farmland etc. Sludge for recovery has been included in sludge for incineration. Figures have been adjusted for imports of waste. The generation of waste is stated as the quantity of waste delivered to waste treatment plants from primary sources. For this purpose, "primary sources" means waste generators that are not waste treatment plants (reprocessing facilities, incineration plants, composting and biogas plants, and landfills). Waste such as slag, fly ash, and flue gas cleaning products from waste incineration plants is therefore not included in the statement as it would otherwise be counted twice. Furthermore, waste from the source "recycling centres/transfer stations" is distributed on other primary sources. The principles for distribution are given in Annex 2.

  

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