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Waste Statistics 2002 PrefaceThe ISAG (Information System for Waste and Recycling) The ISAG was used for the first time in 1993. This is the tenth consecutive year that data on waste and recycling has been reported to the ISAG. The ISAG is based on statutory registration and reporting from Danish waste treatment plants for all waste entering or leaving the plants. Information concerning waste in the previous year must be reported to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Danish EPA) each year, no later than 31 January. In order to avoid double registration, it is important to distinguish between waste from direct (primary) sources and waste from plant (secondary) sources. The principles behind registration in the ISAG are shown below.
The Danish EPA carries out quality assurance of the information it receives and collects additional information from sector organisations and other sources. Each year the Danish EPA prepares a publication called Waste Statistics, which gives an overview of waste composition and waste arisings in Denmark. The publication also provides an outline of how much of the total amount of waste has been recycled, incinerated and landfilled. Information is analysed between commercial sources and waste types. New methods Since 2001 data have been reported according to the new rules set out in the Statutory Order on Waste (Statutory Order No. 619 of 27 June 2000). The new rules have meant a number of changes to the ISAG. Amongst other things, the source "manufacturing etc." no longer exists, so that from 2001 industrial waste can only be analysed between 11 different sectors. At the same time, packaging waste has been added as a new waste type. Industry experienced a fall in waste arisings of 11 per cent from 2000 to 2001; while the service sector saw a 17 per cent rise in waste generation. The shift between the two sectors may be due to faulty registration, as the source "Manufacturing etc." was discontinued from 2001 as a result of amendments to the Statutory Order on Waste. [1]. This means that waste from industry must be registered as originating from one of the 11 subgroups: food, beverages and tobacco; textiles, clothing and leather goods; wood-working and furniture; paper and graphical production; chemicals etc.; rubber and plastic; stone-working, pottery and glass; ferrous metals; other manufacturing; utilities; agriculture, forestry, fishery etc. It is likely that some carriers find it easier to register industry waste as service-sector waste. Incineration plants and landfills reporting to the ISAG are therefore encouraged to be aware of this possible source of incorrect registration. Throughout 2003 a number of training courses will be held for those reporting to the ISAG in order to e.g. clarify registration procedures. Changes in the industrial structure - the fact that society is changing from an industrial to a knowledge society - may be another reason for the shift between the two sectors. Whether the shifts between the two sectors are due to this development will be examined more closely before the publication of Waste Statistics 2003. Packaging waste is a new waste type in the ISAG and does not yet reflect the total amount of packaging waste in the form of cardboard and plastic collected for recycling in Denmark. Incineration plants and landfills reporting to the ISAG are therefore encouraged to be aware of this possible category of waste. The principles for categorising the waste fractions glass, and paper & cardboard received from recycling centres/transfer stations have likewise been changed compared to the years 1994 to 2000. See Annex 2 for a more detailed explanation of the principles for the recategorisation. From 2001, sludge for mineralisation has been included with a dry matter content of 20 per cent. Thus sludge that is mineralised is incorporated into the statistics with the same dry matter content as the remaining sludge. In previous years dry matter content for sludge for mineralisation has been 1.5 per cent. Please note that the changes mentioned above in reporting data since 2001, mean that care should be taken when comparing waste arisings at sector level from 2001 and later with waste arisings from previous years. The government's Waste Strategy 2005-2008 presents a shift in focus - from using exclusively waste arisings as an indicator for target fulfilment to also using new waste indicators for resource loss and environmental impacts. Reading guide Waste Statistics 2002 includes an additional chapter on the new waste indicators. Apart from this new chapter, Waste Statistics 2002 follows the same structure as previous Waste Statistics: Chapter 1 describes the general trends in waste generation, while Chapter 2 deals with recycling of waste. Chapter 3 deals with generation and treatment of hazardous waste, and in Chapter 4 developments in imports and exports are described, both for ordinary waste and waste subject to mandatory notification. In Chapter 5, a description of developments in waste arisings and treatment of waste from different sources is given. Furthermore, the level of achievement of targets for treatment in the Danish government's Waste Strategy 2005-2008 is assessed. Chapter 6 presents the latest figures for the number of Danish incineration plants and landfills. Chapter 7 is about the new waste indicators and in Chapter 8 a baseline projection of developments in waste arisings until 2020 is given. Footnotes[1] Statutory Order on Waste (Statutory Order no. 619 of 27 June 2000)
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