Summary in English

Emballageforsyningen i Danmark 2008

The consulting company LOGISYS A/S completed the survey of the Danish supply of packaging covering year 2008. The classification complies with the EU directive on packaging and packaging waste.

The table below shows the total packaging supply for 2008:

Figure 4: The supply of packaging among the different materials
Total supply of packaging, 2008
Materials	Sales packaging, tonnes	Transport packaging, tonnes	Total, tonnes
Corrugated cardboard	166,739	226,467	393,206
Cardboard	64,042	6,490	70,532
Paper	41,798	3,859	45,657
Paper and board, total	272,580	236,815	509,395
Glass, total	100,828	0	100,828
PVC	717	0	717
PP	16,540	2,995	19,536
PS	2,258	3,268	5,525
EPS	5,610	2,761	8,372
Plastic laminate	4,449	457	4,905
PET	5,915	84	5,999
HDPE	21,168	3,875	25,043
LDPE	63,836	30,215	94,051
Other plastic materials	212	477	689
Plastics, total	120,705	44,132	164,837
Aluminium	8,950	0	8,950
Tinplate/steel	22,314	3,112	25,426
Metal, total	31,264	3,112	34,376
Textile, total	4,672	69	4,741
Wood, total	5,007	83,014	88,021
Total	535,056	367,143	902,199
%-split	59.3	40.7	100.0

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

Figure 5: The supply of packaging covering the period 1999-2008 accounted in 1.000 tonnes
Materials	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Paper and cardboard	469	475	488	502	495	497	516	528	534	509
Glass	188	168	184	156	152	132	119	101	105	101
Plastics	153	157	150	157	154	174	183	191	192	165
Metal	26	45	43	41	42	39	40	42	35	34
Textile	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wood	107	108	117	101	108	94	120	106	108	88
Total	947	956	985	961	956	940	983	972	979	902
Index (1999=100)	100	101	104	101	101	99	104	103	103	95

The supply of packaging in 2008 has declined with approx. 7.8% compared to the 2007 quantity. The main reason for this reduction is caused by the international financial crisis and the general shortage of liquidity.

Furthermore, a survey of the use of returnable packaging has been completed. This shows that there is a supply of 240 millions returnable packaging and in total this packaging circulated 1.2 billion times in 2008. If this quantity of packaging were one-way packaging, it would have increased the total supply of packaging by 1,114,000 tonnes per year – more than a doubling of the present quantity of packaging. The amounts of returnable and reusable packaging are decreasing, in particular due to an increase in the use of one-way packaging for beverages.

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. The greatest packaging amount has to be disposed from the private households. These account for approx. 45% of the total packaging waste.