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Waste Statistics 1999 4. Hazardous wasteTable 11 shows generation and treatment of hazardous waste in 1998 and 1999. The statement includes waste from primary and secondary sources. Waste from secondary sources, such as waste from incineration plants, is not included in total waste generation, cf. Table 1. However, it is reasonable when assessing the total generation of hazardous waste to include waste from both primary and secondary sources. It is not possible to make a direct comparison of the distribution of fractions on treatment options in 1998 and 1999. Waste treated at the hazardous waste treatment plant of Kommunekemi was up to 1998 registered as subjected to special treatment9. For 1999, however, waste treated at Kommunekemi has been registered as treated by tax-exempt incineration instead of special treatment. Thereby, a more real division on the treatment options of recycling, incineration, landfilling and special treatment has been made. However, it is possible to compare developments in total amounts of primary and secondary waste. Hazardous waste from primary sources amounted in 1999 to 229,388 tonnes: 46,313 tonnes more than in 1998. By contrast, hazardous waste from secondary sources decreased by 10,102 tonnes from 1998 to 1999 when it amounted to 89,349 tonnes. This means that total amounts of hazardous waste in 1999 reached 318,737 tonnes, which is 36,211 tonnes or approximately 13 per cent more than in 1998. Table 11 Look here! _________________________ 9 Special treatment in this context means that waste was incinerated before going to landfill. |