Orientering fra Miljøstyrelsen, 2/2004 – Waste Statistics 2002

Waste Statistics 2002

4 Imports and exports of waste

4.1 Imports

Table 17 shows amounts of waste imported to Denmark in 2001 and 2002 analysed by waste fraction and treatment option. In 2002, Denmark imported around 396,000 tonnes of waste, which is around 80,000 tonnes more than in 2001.

Amounts of waste imported in 2002 correspond to around 3 per cent of total Danish waste generation. This is one percentage point more than in 2001 where imported waste amounts corresponded to 2 per cent of total Danish waste arisings.

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Around 70 per cent of waste imported is categorised under the EU regulation on shipments of waste ^[16] as so-called green waste for recovery. Green waste covers primarily glass, paper and cardboard, plastic, ferrous metals, as well as organic waste. Green waste is not subject to mandatory notification under the EU regulation on shipments of waste.

Waste imported belonging to the category "other combustible" is destined for incineration with energy recovery, and covers different types of waste oil. This type of waste is subject to mandatory notification and is consequently listed in Table 13.

4.2 Exports

Table 18 shows amounts of waste exported from Denmark in 2001 and 2002. Amounts of waste exported in 2002 corresponded to around 11 per cent of total Danish waste generation.

In 2002, waste exports amounted to 1,375,130 tonnes or around 17,400 tonnes more than in 2001. This increase is primarily due to an increase in exports of ferrous scrap following the closure of the Danish Steel Works in the summer of 2002. Detailed figures for exports of waste subject to mandatory notification are in Table 18.

Around 74 per cent of waste exported from Denmark in 2002 belongs to the category green waste for recovery. This category includes the fractions glass, paper and cardboard, plastic, and ferrous metals.

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4.3 Imports and exports of waste subject to mandatory notification

Table 19 shows the countries with which Denmark exports and imports waste subject to mandatory notification. Waste subject to mandatory notification means waste that must be notified to the competent authorities of dispatch and the competent authorities of destination according to Council Regulation No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community.

As can be seen from the table, in 2002 Denmark imported 44 tonnes of waste for disposal, which is about 500 tonnes less than in 2002. This waste originated from Switzerland and Ireland, consisting of residues from incineration of household waste and waste from manufacturing, formulation, and use of biocides and phytopharmaceutical products.

In 2002, Denmark imported around 94,700 tonnes of waste for recovery. Most of this waste originated from Norway, Sweden and Ireland. The waste primarily consisted of waste oil.

Amounts of waste imported for recovery have fallen by about 21,300 tonnes compared to 2001, when around 116,100 tonnes of waste were imported.

Waste subject to mandatory notification exported for disposal in 2002 amounted to around 149,900 tonnes or about 95,000 tonnes less than in 2001. This waste was exported to Norway and Germany and mainly consisted of residues from incineration plants.

In addition, Denmark exported around 118,000 tonnes of waste subject to mandatory notification for recovery. This is around 19,000 tonnes more than in 2001. Countries of destination were primarily Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Germany. The waste mainly consisted of aluminium ashes and residues, ashes and residues containing metals or metal compounds, sand from foundry processes, waste from processed cork and wood, lead batteries, and unlisted waste.

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4.4 OECD codes

AA010	Dross, scalings and other wastes from the manufacture of iron and steel.
AA020	Zinc ashes and residues.
AA030	Lead ashes and residues.
AA040	Copper ashes and residues.
AA050	Aluminium ashes and residues.
AA060	Vanadium ashes and residues
AA070	Ashes and residues containing metals or metal compounds not elsewhere specified or included.
AA080	Thallium waste and residues.
AA090	Arsenic waste and residues.
AA100	Mercury waste and residues.
AA110	Residues from alumina production not elsewhere specified or included.
AA120	Galvanic sludge.
AA130	Liquors from the pickling of metals.
AA140	Leaching residues from zinc processing, dusts and sludges such as jarosite, hematite, goethite, etc.
AA150	Precious metal bearing residues in solid form which contain traces of inorganic cyanides
AA161	Ash from incineration of printed circuit boards
AA162	Photographic film ash.
AA170	Lead-acid batteries, whole or crushed.
AA180	Used batteries or accumulators, whole or crushed, other than lead-acid batteries and waste and scrap arising from the production of batteries and accumulators, not otherwise specified or included.
AB010	Slag, ash and residues, not elsewhere specified or included.
AB020	Residues arising from the combustion of municipal/household wastes.
AB030	Waste from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface treatment of metals.
AB040	Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses.
AB050	Calcium fluoride sludge.
AB060	Other inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludges.
AB070	Sands used in foundry operations.
AB080	Waste catalysts not on the green list.
AB090	Waste hydrates of aluminium.
AB100	Waste alumina.
AB110	Basic solutions.
AB120	Inorganic halide compounds, not elsewhere specified or included.
AB130	Used blasting grit.
AB140	Gypsum arising from chemical industry processes.
AB150	Unrefined calcium sulphite and calcium sulphate from flue gas desulphurization (FGD).
AC010	Waste from the production/processing of petroleum coke and bitumen, excluding anode butts.
AC020	Asphalt cement wastes.
AC030	Waste oils unfit for their originally intended use.
AC040	Leaded petrol (gasoline) sludges.
AC050	Thermal (heat transfer) fluids.
AC060	Hydraulic fluids.
AC070	Brake fluids.
AC080	Antifreeze fluids.
AC090	Waste from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues and adhesives.
AC100	Nitrocellulose.
AC110	Phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form of liquids or sludges.
AC120	Polychlorinated naphtalenes.
AC130	Ethers.
AC140	Triethylamine catalyst for setting foundry sands.
AC150	Chlorofluorocarbons.
AC160	Halons.
AC170	Treated cork and wood wastes.
AC180	Leather dust, ash, sludges and flours.
AC190	Fluff light fraction from automobile shredding.
AC200	Organic phosphorous compounds.
AC210	Non-halogenated solvents.
AC220	Halogenated solvents.
AC230	Halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues arising from organic solvent recovery operations
AC240	Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons.
AC250	Surface active agents (surfactants).
AC260	Liquid pig manure; faeces.
AC270	Sewage sludge.
AD010	Wastes from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products.
AD020	Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals.
AD030	Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood preserving chemicals.
AD040	Inorganic cyanides, excepting precious metal-bearing residues in solid form containing traces of inorganic cyanides.
AD050	Organic cyanides.
AD060	Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions.
AD070	Wastes from production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish.
AD080	Wastes of an explosive nature, when not subject to specific other legislation.
AD090	Wastes from production, formulation and use of reprographic and photographic chemicals and materials not elsewhere specified or included.
AD100	Wastes from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface treatment of plastics.
AD110	Acidic solutions.
AD120	Ion exchange resins.
AD130	Single-use cameras with batteries.
AD140	Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning of industrial off-gases, not elsewhere specified or included.
AD150	Naturally occurring organic material used as a filter medium (such as bio-filters).
AD160	Municipal/household wastes.
RA010	Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and/or polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT) and/or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), including any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds, at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more.
RA020	Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment.
RB010	Asbestos (dusts and fibres).
RB020	Ceramic-based fibres of physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of asbestos.
RC010	Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-furan
RC020	Any congenor of polychlorinated dibenzo-dioxin
RC030	Leaded anti-knock compounds sludges.
RC040	Peroxides other than hydrogen peroxide.
RX100	Other wastes not specified with an OECD-code.

Footnotes

[16] Council Regulation No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community