Waste treatment and disposal

5   Waste sorted out by further treatment. 2001. Tonnes
  Total Sorting plants Other plants
Total 1 499 299 1 067 421  431 878
       
Material recovery  538 387  314 289  224 097
Incineration with energy utilization .  178 356 .
Landscaping landfills  179 482 84 930 94 552
Compost 85 386 7 364 78 022
Export 45 286 37 904 7 382
Mixed waste on landfills1 .  358 778 .
Other or unknown 71 462 85 801 27 824
1  Residual waste is only included if it has gone through a sorting process.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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