Waste Statistics 2000

Table 3
Total waste generation in Denmark
   

 

'000 tonnes

Development %

 

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

1994-2000

Households

2.575

2.610

2.767

2.776

2.796

2.963

3.084

20

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

21

Garden waste

286

326

401

443

438

464

519

81

Other

21

38

72

125

83

163

158

656

Institutions/trade and offices

656

834

851

861

955

955

1.119

71

Manufacturing industry etc.

2.309

2.563

2.632

2.736

2.783

2.653

2.948

28

Building and construction

2.433

2.559

3.088

3.427

2.962

2.968

3.223

32

Wastewater treatment plants

1.156

1.195

1.212

1.248

1.251

1.379

1.476

28

Slag, fly ash etc. (coal)

1.962

1.699

2.332

1.775

1.469

1.299

1.176

-40

Other

14

6

30

34

18

15

5

-61

Total

11.105

11.466

12.912

12.857

12.233

12.233

13.031

17

Source: As Table 1.