Entire country |
Recycling |
Incineration |
Landfilling |
Special treatment |
Total |
|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
Waste type |
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 |
% |
Domestic waste |
301 |
17 |
265 |
15 |
259 |
15 |
|
1.367 |
77 |
1.352 |
78 |
1.394 |
80 |
|
109 |
6 |
123 |
7 |
88 |
5 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1.777 |
5 |
1.740 |
5 |
1.741 |
5 |
Treatment residue |
2.150 |
70 |
2.328 |
79 |
2.262 |
79 |
|
261 |
8 |
190 |
6 |
248 |
9 |
|
678 |
22 |
414 |
14 |
371 |
13 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3.089 |
3 |
2.931 |
4 |
2.881 |
4 |
Bulky waste |
96 |
17 |
108 |
16 |
113 |
16 |
|
239 |
42 |
323 |
48 |
351 |
48 |
|
234 |
41 |
239 |
36 |
264 |
36 |
|
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
572 |
1 |
672 |
1 |
730 |
1 |
Garden waste |
553 |
94 |
576 |
98 |
634 |
97 |
|
9 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
|
24 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
586 |
7 |
590 |
8 |
656 |
8 |
Ind./commercial waste |
4.381 |
72 |
4.485 |
73 |
5.146 |
75 |
|
858 |
14 |
963 |
16 |
977 |
14 |
|
816 |
13 |
675 |
11 |
743 |
11 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
6.057 |
21 |
6.125 |
23 |
6.867 |
22 |
Hazardous waste |
51 |
38 |
47 |
31 |
44 |
30 |
|
1 |
1 |
83 |
55 |
81 |
55 |
|
5 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
|
76 |
57 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
|
134 |
27 |
151 |
24 |
146 |
24 |
Health-care risk waste |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
58 |
5 |
64 |
4 |
61 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
42 |
3 |
35 |
2 |
38 |
|
7 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
6 |
11 |
Not informed |
10 |
87 |
6 |
41 |
2 |
67 |
|
1 |
7 |
4 |
23 |
0 |
-3 |
|
1 |
6 |
6 |
36 |
1 |
34 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
12 |
14 |
16 |
12 |
4 |
11 |
Total |
7.542 |
63 |
7.815 |
62 |
8.461 |
65 |
|
2.740 |
22 |
2.929 |
24 |
3.064 |
24 |
|
1.868 |
15 |
1.472 |
12 |
1.489 |
11 |
|
84 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
17 |
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.
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