Miljøprojekt, 1165 – Emballageforsyningen i Danmark 2005

Emballageforsyningen i Danmark 2005

Summary in English

The consulting company LOGISYS A/S completed the survey of the Danish supply of packaging covering 2005. 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. However the figures for total packaging supply can be compared without problem.

The table below shows the total packaging supply for 2005:

Total supply of packaging, 2005
Materials	Sales packaging, tonnes	Transport packaging, tonnes	Total, tonnes
Corrugated cardboard	164,715	221,108	385,824
Cardboard	73,551	6,513	80,064
Paper	45,876	4,576	50,452
Paper and board, total	284,143	232,197	516,341
Glass, total	118,942	0	118,942
PVC	336	0	336
PP	18,757	4,683	23,441
PS	2,515	2,847	5,362
EPS	6,033	3,638	9,671
Plastic laminate	5,949	482	6,432
PET	10,137	604	10,742
HDPE	19,277	5,772	25,050
LDPE	69,746	30,594	100,340
Other plastic materials	1,050	367	1,417
Plastics, total	133,801	48,988	182,789
Aluminium	8,649	0	8,649
Tinplate/steel	26,506	4,834	31,340
Metal, total	35,155	4,834	39,989
Textile, total	4,309	60	4,368
Wood, total	4,286	116,296	120,582
Total	580,637	402,374	983,011
%-split	59.1	40.9	100.0

Figur 4: The supply of packaging made of different materials

The table below shows the total supply of packaging in the past 10 years.

Materials	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Paper and cardboard	412	463	435	469	475	488	502	495	497	516
Glass	185	202	176	188	168	184	156	152	132	119
Plastics	133	163	158	153	157	150	157	154	174	183
Metal	43	40	36	26	45	43	41	42	39	40
Textile	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wood	59	55	94	107	108	117	101	108	94	121
Total	835	928	903	947	956	985	961	956	940	983
Index (1996=100)	100	111	108	113	114	118	115	114	113	118

Figure 5: The supply of packaging covering the period 1996-2005

Furthermore, a survey of the use of returnable packaging has been completed. This shows that there is a supply of 346 millions returnable packaging and in total this packaging circulated 1.8 billions times in 2005. If this quantity of packaging were one-way packaging, it would have increased the total supply of packaging by 939,000 tonnes per year – approx. doubling 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 has to be collected prior to its disposal. This calculation will also be done in the years to come. The greatest packaging amount has to be disposed from private households. These account for approx. 47% of the total packaging waste.