Miljøprojekt, 1130 – Emballageforsyningen i Danmark 2004

Emballageforsyningen i Danmark 2004

Summary in English

The consulting company LOGISYS A/S has completed the survey of the Danish supply of packaging for 2004. In principle, the method used in previous years has been used again. The new classification complies with the EU directive on packaging and packaging waste. Therefore, it is not possible to compare these figures with the figures from the previous years. But the figures showing total packaging supply can be compared without problem.

The table below shows the total quantity of the packaging supply in 2004:

Total supply of packaging, 2004
Materials	Sales packaging, tonnes	Transport packaging, tonnes	Total, tonnes
Corrugated cardboard	155,192	213,699	368,890
Cardboard	70,045	6,257	76,302
Paper	47,305	4,889	52,194
Paper and board, total	272,541	224,845	497,386
Glass, total	132,046	0	132,046
PVC	373	0	373
PP	19,265	4,511	23,777
PS	2,528	2,752	5,280
EPS	4,684	3,575	8,259
Plastic laminate	5,267	433	5,700
PET	9,085	489	9,574
HDPE	19,277	5,626	24,904
LDPE	66,069	29,294	95,363
Other plastic materials	730	316	1,046
Plastics, total	127,278	46,996	174,274
Aluminium	14,340	0	14,340
Tinplate/steel	25,217	5,201	30,418
Metal, total	39,557	5,201	44,758
Textile, total	3,800	99	3,899
Wood, total	4,584	89,420	94,004
Total	579,807	366,559	946,365
%-split	61.3	38.7	100.0

Figure 4: The supply of packaging in Denmark, 2004

On the table below the total supply of packaging in the past 11 years can be seen:

Total packaging supply
Materials	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Paper and cardboard	396	409	412	463	435	469	475	488	502	495	497
Glass	138	176	185	202	176	188	168	184	156	152	132
Plastics	111	136	133	163	158	153	157	150	157	154	174
Metal	34	48	43	40	36	26	45	43	41	42	44
Textile	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wood	56	83	59	55	94	107	108	117	101	108	94
Total	737	855	835	928	903	947	956	985	961	956	946
Indeks (1994=100)	100	116	113	126	123	128	134	136	130	130	128

Figure 5: The supply of packaging in the period 1994-2004

As in the survey covering 2003, the quantity of the packaging supply has been divided between the product groups making use of the packaging. In principle, this is another way to calculate the packaging supply. Using these two methods the results ought to be at the same level, but there is a difference of 190,000 tonnes packaging. Of this, 79,000 tonnes are wooden pallets, which are not included in the supply quantity when the quantity is divided up into product groups. The use of other returnable packaging is also not included in this calculation.

Furthermore, a survey of the use of returnable packaging has been completed. This shows that there is a supply of 414 millions returnable packaging and in total they have circulated 2,1 billions times in 2004. If this quantity of packaging was single-use packaging, this quantity would increase the total supply of packaging by 1.0 million tonnes per year – approx. a doubling of the present quantity of packaging.

The packaging statistics include a calculation of where the packaging quantities end as waste – in other words from where the packaging waste for disposal arises. This calculation will also be made in the years to come. The greatest amount of packaging waste for disposal comes from private households. They account for approx. 47% of the total packaging waste.