Waste Statistics 2000

Table 1
Waste generation in Denmark in 1998, 1999 and 2000, and target for year 2004. Stated by source and treatment option. Stated in ‘000 tonnes and in per cent.
  

Entire country

Recycling

Incineration

Landfilling

Special treatment

Total

 

1998

1999

2000

Target

1998

1999

2000

Target

1998

1999

2000

Target

1998

1999

2000

Target

1998

1999

2000

Source

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

1000 t

%

Households

839

30

869

29

914

30

0

1.585

57

1.730

58

1.804

59

0

355

13

361

12

361

12

0

17

1

4

0

4

0

0

2.796

23

2.963

24

3.084

24

Domestic waste

281

17

247

15

240

14

30

1.324

78

1.301

78

1.352

81

70

98

6

117

7

85

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.702

14

1.665

14

1.676

13

Bulky waste

96

17

108

16

113

16

25

239

42

323

48

351

48

38

234

41

239

36

264

36

38

4

1

2

0

2

0

0

572

5

672

5

730

6

Garden waste

411

94

455

98

505

97

95

8

2

6

1

7

1

5

20

5

3

1

7

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

438

4

464

4

519

4

Other

51

62

60

37

56

36

0

14

17

99

61

95

60

0

3

4

2

1

4

3

0

14

16

2

1

2

1

0

83

1

163

1

158

1

Institutions/trade and offices

338

35

353

37

449

40

50

438

46

434

45

515

46

45

161

17

164

17

152

14

5

18

2

5

0

4

0

0

955

8

955

8

1.119

9

Manufacturing industries etc.

1.564

56

1.550

58

1.896

64

65

425

15

513

19

431

15

20

746

27

582

22

611

21

15

47

2

9

0

9

0

0

2.783

23

2.653

22

2.948

23

Building and construction

2.664

90

2.685

90

2.889

90

90

32

1

60

2

65

2

2

266

9

224

8

269

8

8

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.962

24

2.968

24

3.223

25

Wastewater treatment plants

875

70

1.071

78

1.132

77

50

252

20

182

13

249

17

30

124

10

126

9

94

6

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.251

10

1.379

11

1.476

11

Slag, fly ash etc. (coal)

1.259

86

1.287

99

1.176

100

90

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

210

14

12

1

0

0

10

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.469

12

1.299

11

1.176

9

Other

3

17

0

0

3

58

0

8

46

11

71

0

3

0

7

37

4

29

2

40

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

18

0

15

0

5

0

Total

7.542

63

7.815

62

8.461

65

64

2.740

22

2.929

24

3.064

24

24

1.868

15

1.472

12

1.489

11

12

84

1

17

0

17

0

0

12.233

100

12.233

100

13.031

100

Source: ISAG reports, Waste 21 – the Danish Government’s Waste Management Plan 1998 – 2004, Danisco, Association of Danish Recycling Industries and other large scrap dealers, reports to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency on sludge applied to farmland etc. and incineration of sludge at sludge incineration plants (figures from 1999). Waste amounts from wastewater treatment plants include sand and screenings.