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Waste Statistics 2000
Table 11 shows amounts of waste imported in 1999 and 2000 distributed on waste
fractions and treatment options. 556,000 tonnes of waste were imported in 2000, which is
66,000 tonnes more than in 1999.
Amounts of waste imported in 2000 correspond to around 4 per cent of total Danish waste
generation.
Table 11
Imports of waste in 1999 and 2000 stated by fraction and in tones
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80 per cent of waste imported is categorised under the EU regulation on shipments of
waste12 as so-called green waste for
recovery. Green waste covers primarily glass, paper and cardboard, plastic, ferrous
metals, as well as organic waste. Green waste is not subject to mandatory notification
under the EU regulation on shipments of waste.
Waste imported of the category "other combustibleable" is destined for
incineration with energy recovery and covers oil and chemical waste of different kinds.
This type of waste is subject to mandatory notification and is consequently listed in
Table 13.
Table 12 shows amounts of waste exported from Denmark in 1999 and 2000. Amounts of
waste exported in 2000 corresponded to around 11 per cent of total Danish waste
generation.
In 2000, waste exports amounted to 1,478,780 tonnes or around 186,000 tonnes more than
in 1999. The increase is especially attributable to an increase in amounts of ferrous
metals exported, residues from waste incineration plants and other waste subject to
mandatory notification such as waste oil and residues from iron and steel manufacture. A
detailed statement of amounts exported of waste subject to mandatory notification is found
in Table 13.
Around 77 per cent of waste exported from Denmark in 2000 belongs to the category green
waste for recovery, concerning mainly the fractions paper and cardboard and ferrous
metals.
Table 12
Exports of waste in 1999 and 2000 stated by fraction and in tonnes
|
1999 |
2000 |
Glass (2) |
12.400 |
14.700 |
Paper and cardboard (2) |
382.000 |
407.000 |
Plastic (2) |
19.700 |
16.600 |
Ferrous metals (1 and 3) |
572.200 |
690.200 |
Other combustible (1 and 4) |
8.100 |
3.600 |
Fly ash and slag from coal-fired power
plants (5) |
146.200 |
121.600 |
Sulphuric acid from coal-fired power
plants (5) |
0 |
0 |
Slag and flue gas cleaning products from
iron manufacture (1 and 4) |
11.000 |
11.000 |
Lead batteries (4 and 6) |
15.200 |
16.500 |
Nickel-cadmium batteries (4 and 6) |
70 |
80 |
Residues from waste incineration plants
(4) |
56.400 |
92.300 |
Ferrous metals from waste incineration
plants (4) |
10.700 |
6.600 |
Other notified waste (4) |
58.800 |
105.200 |
Total |
1.292.770 |
1.485.380 |
Source: (1) ISAG reports, (2) Statistics Denmark, (3) Association of Danish
Recycling Industries and other large scrap dealers, (4) Registrations according to Council
Regulation No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into
and out of the European Community, (5) Elsam and Energi E2, (6) Collectors of
nickel-cadmium batteries registered by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency.
Table 13 shows countries of export and import of waste subject to mandatory
notification. Waste subject to mandatory notification means waste that must be notified to
the competent authorities of dispatch and the competent authorities of destination
according to Council Regulation No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of
waste within, into and out of the European Community.
It is seen from the table that in 2000 Denmark imported around 8,500 tonnes for
disposal, which is 1,200 tonnes less than in 1999. Most of this waste originated from
Ireland, concerning mainly different kinds of oil and chemical waste13.
In 2000, Denmark imported around 107,600 tonnes of waste for recovery. This waste
mainly came from Norway, Sweden and Germany and concerned mostly oil and chemical waste,
but also sewage sludge and slag from iron manufacture.
Amounts of waste imported for recovery thereby increased considerably compared to 1999
with imports amounting to around 76,000 tonnes. The increase is due to considerable
imports of oil emulsions from Sweden: around 40,000 tonnes.
Waste subject to mandatory notification exported for disposal in 2000 amounted to
around 119,000 tonnes or 62,000 tonnes more than in 1999. This waste was exported to
Norway and Germany and concerned mainly residues from incineration plants.
In addition, Denmark exported around 106,000 tonnes of waste subject to mandatory
notification for recovery. This is an increase of 10,000 tonnes from 1999. Countries of
destination of this waste were primarily Finland, Spain and Germany. This waste covered
mainly metallic ashes and residues, waste oil, waste from processed cork and wood and lead
batteries.
Table 13
Imports and exports in 2000 of waste subject to mandatory notification.
Stated in tonnes.
Country |
Disposal |
Recovery |
OECD code |
Exports from DK to: |
Imports to DK from: |
Exports from DK to: |
Imports to DK from: |
Belgium |
|
|
|
|
AC070 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
AC220 |
0 |
0 |
272 |
0 |
AA040 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
AA100 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
AA130 |
0 |
0 |
1.338 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
1.715 |
0 |
Great Britain |
|
|
|
|
AC160 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
AD090 |
0 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
AA060 |
0 |
0 |
2.147 |
0 |
AA120 |
0 |
0 |
467 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
2.652 |
0 |
Finland |
|
|
|
|
AA050 |
0 |
0 |
94 |
0 |
AA070 |
0 |
0 |
12.914 |
0 |
AA180 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
13.054 |
0 |
The Netherlands |
|
|
|
|
AB010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
743 |
AB040 |
0 |
0 |
111 |
0 |
AD070 |
0 |
0 |
670 |
0 |
RX100 |
0 |
0 |
937 |
0 |
AA030 |
0 |
0 |
117 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
1.834 |
743 |
Ireland |
|
|
|
|
AC090 |
0 |
145 |
0 |
76 |
AC210 |
0 |
5.109 |
0 |
5.842 |
AC220 |
0 |
1.407 |
0 |
2.734 |
AD010 |
0 |
471 |
0 |
156 |
AD060 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
RA010 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
RX100 |
0 |
127 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
7.287 |
0 |
8.809 |
Iceland |
|
|
|
|
RX100 |
0 |
293 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
293 |
0 |
0 |
Latvia |
|
|
|
|
RX100 |
0 |
0 |
2.100 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
2.100 |
0 |
Norway |
|
|
|
|
AB020 |
71.128 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AB040 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
306 |
AC030 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.154 |
AC080 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.699 |
AC210 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.651 |
AC270 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
60 |
AD060 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15.508 |
AD070 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
215 |
AD090 |
0 |
830 |
0 |
823 |
AD140 |
95 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
RX100 |
15.415 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AA020 |
0 |
0 |
1.162 |
0 |
AA050 |
94 |
0 |
4.899 |
0 |
AA060 |
5.931 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AA100 |
318 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
AA110 |
252 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Total: |
93.231 |
830 |
6.061 |
28.415 |
Poland |
|
|
|
|
AA070 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
Spain |
|
|
|
|
AA010 |
0 |
0 |
11.008 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
11.008 |
0 |
Sweden |
|
|
|
|
AB070 |
0 |
0 |
1.373 |
0 |
AC030 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6.951 |
AC150 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
AC170 |
0 |
0 |
9.993 |
0 |
AD020 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
AD060 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
40.389 |
AD070 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1.490 |
AD160 |
0 |
0 |
3.023 |
0 |
RX100 |
0 |
5 |
3.714 |
844 |
AA030 |
0 |
0 |
61 |
0 |
AA100 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
AA130 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
29 |
AA170 |
0 |
0 |
16.470 |
0 |
AA180 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
38 |
34.670 |
49.703 |
Germany |
|
|
|
|
AB020 |
14.611 |
0 |
6.642 |
0 |
AB040 |
0 |
0 |
511 |
0 |
AC010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
135 |
AC030 |
0 |
0 |
4.491 |
0 |
AC170 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
555 |
AC210 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
AC270 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9.881 |
AD060 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2.971 |
AD070 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
AD090 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
AD110 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
AD160 |
0 |
0 |
1.958 |
0 |
RC010 |
11.428 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
RX100 |
83 |
0 |
11.313 |
1.848 |
AA010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.352 |
AA020 |
0 |
0 |
180 |
0 |
AA040 |
0 |
0 |
84 |
0 |
AA050 |
0 |
0 |
3.545 |
0 |
AA060 |
0 |
0 |
2.250 |
0 |
AA100 |
0 |
0 |
131 |
0 |
AA120 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
AA130 |
0 |
0 |
1.452 |
0 |
AA160 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
AA170 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
Total: |
26.122 |
0 |
32.714 |
19.886 |
UK |
|
|
|
|
AA070 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
Total: |
0 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
Total for all countries |
119.353 |
8.448 |
105.831 |
107.565 |
Sources: Danish Environmental Protection Agency, database of shipments. The
registration is made on the background of completed consignment notes under EU Regulation
259/93 on shipments of waste. The consignee must send a copy of the filled-in consignment
note to the competent authorities within three working days after receipt of the waste. No
later than 180 days after receipt, a certificate of recovery of the waste must be
submitted. OECD-codes are defined in Commission Decision of 21st October 1994
(no. L 288/36, Official Journal of the European Communities of 9th November
1994).
| AA010 |
Dross, scalings and other wastes from the manufacture of iron
and steel. |
| AA020 |
Zinc ashes and residues. |
| AA030 |
Lead ashes and residues. |
| AA040 |
Copper ashes and residues. |
| AA050 |
Aluminium ashes and residues. |
| AA060 |
Vanadium ashes and residues |
| AA070 |
Ashes and residues containing metals or metal compounds not
elsewhere specified or included. |
| AA080 |
Thallium waste and residues. |
| AA090 |
Arsenic waste and residues. |
| AA100 |
Mercury waste and residues. |
| AA110 |
Residues from alumina production not elsewhere specified or
included. |
| AA120 |
Galvanic sludge. |
| AA130 |
Liquors from the pickling of metals. |
| AA140 |
Leaching residues from zinc processing, dusts and sludges
such as jarosite, hematite, goethite, etc. |
| AA150 |
Precious metal bearing residues in solid form which contain
traces of inorganic cyanides |
| AA161 |
Ash from incineration of printed circuit boards |
| AA162 |
Photographic film ash. |
| AA170 |
Lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed. |
| AA180 |
Used batteries or accumulators, whole or crushed, other than
lead-acid batteries and waste and scrap arising from the production of batteries and
accumulators, not otherwise specified or included. |
| AB010 |
Slag, ash and residues, not elsewhere specified or included. |
| AB020 |
Residues arising from the combustion of municipal/household
wastes. |
| AB030 |
Waste from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface
treatment of metals. |
| AB040 |
Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated
glasses. |
| AB050 |
Calcium fluoride sludge. |
| AB060 |
Other inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or
sludges. |
| AB070 |
Sands used in foundry operations. |
| AB080 |
Waste catalysts not on the green list. |
| AB090 |
Waste hydrates of aluminium. |
| AB100 |
Waste alumina. |
| AB110 |
Basic solutions. |
| AB120 |
Inorganic halide compounds, not elsewhere specified or
included. |
| AB130 |
Used blasting grit. |
| AB140 |
Gypsum arising from chemical industry processes. |
| AB150 |
Unrefined calcium sulphite and calcium sulphate from flue gas
desulphurization (FGD). |
| AC010 |
Waste from the production/processing of petroleum coke and
bitumen, excluding anode butts. |
| AC020 |
Asphalt cement wastes. |
| AC030 |
Waste oils unfit for their originally intended use. |
| AC040 |
Leaded petrol (gasoline) sludges. |
| AC050 |
Thermal (heat transfer) fluids. |
| AC060 |
Hydraulic fluids. |
| AC070 |
Brake fluids. |
| AC080 |
Antifreeze fluids. |
| AC090 |
Waste from production, formulation and use of resins, latex,
plasticisers, glues and adhesives. |
| AC100 |
Nitrocellulose. |
| AC110 |
Phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form
of liquids or sludges. |
| AC 120 |
Polychlorinated naphtalenes. |
| AC130 |
Ethers. |
| AC140 |
Triethylamine catalyst for setting foundry sands. |
| AC150 |
Chlorofluorocarbons. |
| AC160 |
Halons. |
| AC170 |
Treated cork and wood wastes. |
| AC180 |
Leather dust, ash, sludges and flours. |
| AC190 |
Fluff light fraction from automobile shredding. |
| AC200 |
Organic phosphorous compounds. |
| AC210 |
Non-halogenated solvents. |
| AC220 |
Halogenated solvents. |
| AC230 |
Halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation
residues arising from organic solvent recovery operations. |
| AC240 |
Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated
hydrocarbons. |
| AC250 |
Surface active agents (surfactants). |
| AC260 |
Liquid pig manure; faeces. |
| AC270 |
Sewage sludge. |
| AD010 |
Wastes from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical
products. |
| AD020 |
Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides
and phytopharmaceuticals. |
| AD030 |
Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood
preserving chemicals. |
| AD040 |
Inorganic cyanides, excepting precious metal-bearing residues
in solid form containing traces of inorganic cyanides. |
| AD050 |
Organic cyanides. |
| AD060 |
Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions. |
| AD070 |
Wastes from production, formulation and use of inks, dyes,
pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish. |
| AD080 |
Wastes of an explosive nature, when not subject to specific
other legislation. |
| AD090 |
Wastes from production, formulation and use of reprographic
and photographic chemicals and materials not elsewhere specified or included. |
| AD100 |
Wastes from non-cyanide based systems which arise from
surface treatment of plastics. |
| AD110 |
Acidic solutions. |
| AD120 |
Ion exchange resins. |
| AD130 |
Single-use cameras with batteries. |
| AD140 |
Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning
of industrial off-gases, not elsewhere specified or included. |
| AD150 |
Naturally occurring organic material used as a filter medium
(such as bio-filters). |
| AD160 |
Municipal/household wastes. |
| RA010 |
Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or
contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and/or polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT)
and/or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), including any other polybrominated analogues of
these compounds, at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more. |
| RA020 |
Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from
refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment. |
| RB010 |
Asbestos (dusts and fibres). |
| RB020 |
Ceramic-based fibres of physico-chemical characteristics
similar to those of asbestos. |
| RC010 |
Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan. |
| RC020 |
Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxin. |
| RC030 |
Leaded anti-knock compounds sludges. |
| RC040 |
Peroxides other than hydrogen peroxide. |
| RX100 |
Other wastes not specified with an OECD-code.
|
| 12 |
Council Regulation No. 259/93 on the supervision and control
of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community
|
| 13 |
Actually, this is an incorrect registration in the Danish
Environmental Protection Agency’s database of shipments – the waste from Ireland
was imported for recovery at the hazardous waste treatment plant of Kommunekemi. |
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