Summary in English

Emballageforsyningen i Danmark 2007

The consulting company LOGISYS A/S completed the survey of the Danish supply of packaging covering year 2007. The classification complies with the EU directive on packaging and packaging waste.

The table below shows the total packaging supply for 2007:

Total supply of packaging, 2007
Materials	Sales packaging, tonnes	Transport packaging, tonnes	Total, tonnes
Corrugated cardboard	172,804	228,874	401,678
Cardboard	75,357	7,655	83,011
Paper	43,622	5,495	49,118
Paper and board, total	291,783	242,023	533,807
Glass, total	105,234	0	105,234
PVC	813	0	813
PP	18,322	3,975	22,296
PS	2,385	3,169	5,555
EPS	6,328	3,115	9,443
Plastic laminate	8,671	521	9,191
PET	9,674	173	9,847
HDPE	21,038	3,957	24,996
LDPE	76,105	32,726	108,832
Other plastic materials	827	178	1,006
Plastics, total	144,163	47,815	191,978
Aluminium	8,283	0	8,283
Tinplate/steel	23,117	3,682	26,800
Metal, total	31,400	3,682	35,082
Textile, total	5,290	60	5,350
Wood, total	5,083	102,426	107,509
Total	582,954	396,006	978,960
%-split	59.5	40.5	100.0

Figur 4: The supply of packaging among the different materials

The table below shows the total supply of packaging in the past 10 years.

Materials	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Paper and cardboard	435	469	475	488	502	495	497	516	528	534
Glass	176	188	168	184	156	152	132	119	101	105
Plastics	158	153	157	150	157	154	174	183	191	192
Metal	36	26	45	43	41	42	39	40	42	35
Textile	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wood	94	107	108	117	101	108	94	120	106	108
Total	903	947	956	985	961	956	940	983	972	979
Index (1997=100)	100	105	106	109	106	106	104	109	108	108

Figur 5: The supply of packaging covering the period 1998-2007 accounted in 1.000 tonnes

Furthermore, a survey of the use of returnable packaging has been completed. This shows that there is a supply of 301 millions returnable packaging and in total this packaging circulated 1.5 billion times in 2007. If this quantity of packaging were one-way packaging, it would have increased the total supply of packaging by 1,200,000 tonnes per year – more than a doubling of the present quantity of packaging.

The packaging statistics include a calculation of where the packaging quantities end as waste – in other words from where is the packaging has to be collected prior to its disposal. This calculation will also be done in the years to come. The greatest packaging amount has to be disposed from the private households. These account for approx. 46% of the total packaging waste.