Orientering fra Miljøstyrelsen, 2/2004 – Waste Statistics 2002

Waste Statistics 2002

Summary and conclusions

Reports to the ISAG for 2002 cover 407 plants owned by 296 enterprises. In 2001, reports covered 402 plants owned by 295 enterprises.

Waste generation in 2002 is compared to targets from 2008 in the government's Waste Strategy 2005-2008.

The following statements summarise waste generation in 2002:

In 2002, total reported waste arisings were 13,105,000 tonnes, which is 337,000 tonnes, or 3 per cent, more than in 2001. However, when assessing comparable figures, it turns out this increase is actually a small decrease, since reported amounts include around 590,000 tonnes of soil and stone from the building and construction sector. This is because new plants reporting to the ISAG have registered about 636,000 tonnes of soil and stone from 8 soil treatment plants, out of which only about 45,000 tonnes were reported in 2001.
If amounts of residues from coal-fired power plants are excluded from statistics, waste arisings in 2002 were 11,877,000 tonnes, which is a 3 per cent increase compared to 2001.
If amounts of residues from coal-fired power plants and waste from the building and construction sector are excluded from statistics, total waste generation in 2002 was 7,833,000 tonnes, which is 333,000 tonnes, or 4 per cent, less than in 2001. In other words, if residues and waste from building and construction are excluded, there has been a fall in total waste arisings.
The overall rate of recycling amounted to 64 per cent, which is only one per cent less than the overall recycling target of 65 per cent for 2008.
Waste incinerated amounted to 26 per cent, plus an additional 1 per cent put in temporary storage before incineration at a later time. The 2008 target for incineration is 26 per cent.
Waste going to landfill amounted to 9 per cent, which corresponds to the target of a maximum of 9 per cent for landfilling in 2008.
Targets for treatment of waste from the different sectors, however, are still not being met – too little waste from households and the service sector is being recycled, and too much waste from industry is being led to landfill.