Waste Statistics 1999
1. Introduction
In 1993, the ISAG (Information System for Waste and Recycling) was used for the first time. The 1999 reports are the seventh consecutive reports.
Reports to the ISAG for 1999 cover 414 plants distributed on 310 enterprises. In 1998, reports covered 420 plants distributed on 313 enterprises.
Waste Statistics 1999 follow the same layout as in previous years’ statistics. Chapter 2 describes general developments in waste generation, whereas Chapter 3 presents recycling of waste.
Chapter 4 deals with generation and treatment of hazardous waste, and in Chapter 5 developments in imports and exports are described, both for ordinary waste and waste subject to mandatory notification.
In Chapter 6, a detailed description of developments in waste amounts and treatment of waste from different sources is given. Furthermore, figures are compared to targets for treatment in year 2004 in the Danish Government’s Waste Management Plan 1998 - 2004, Waste 21.
Finally, Chapter 7 gives an outline of Danish incineration plants and landfills.
The following statements summarise briefly waste generation in 1999:
 | Total waste amounts in 1999 amounted to 12,233,000 tonnes, which is unchanged compared to total waste amounts in 1998. |
| If amounts of residues from coal-fired power plants are kept apart from statistics, there has been an increase in waste amounts of 170,000 tonnes, corresponding to around 2 per cent. |
| The rate of recycling amounted to 64 per cent, which is a minor increase of 2 percentage points compared to 1998. Recycling in 1999 complied with the overall recycling target for year 2004. |
| Waste amounts incinerated accounted for 24 per cent, which is also a minor increase of 2 percentage points compared to 1998. |
| Amounts going to landfill in 1999 amounted to 12 per cent, which is a decrease of 3 percentage points compared to 1998 and complying with overall landfill targets for year 2004. |
| Waste generation in households increased by 6 per cent, covering a minor decrease in domestic waste of 2 per cent and increases in bulky waste and garden waste amounts of 17 per cent and 6 per cent respectively. |
| Waste from industry decreased by 130,000 tonnes, corresponding to a decrease of 5 per cent. This decrease is mainly due to large decreases in the amounts of various non-burnable, beet soil and sludge. Targets for treatment are still not complied with. |
| Waste generation in the service sector is unchanged compared to 1998. |
| Amounts of construction and demolition waste remain almost unchanged compared to the previous year. |
| Amounts of residues from coal-fired power plants decreased by 12 per cent, corresponding to a decrease of 170,000 tonnes. |