Statistics Norway

Waste treatment and disposal

1   Purification of seepage and extraction of gas from landfills, by county. 2001
  Plants with landfills Percentage of waste on landfills which1 Extracted metan Landfilled waste
  Total Of which Total Without extracted gas
  Purified seepage Extracted gas Purified seepage Extracted gas Amount Per cent of energy utilization Incinerated without energy utilization
        Per cent Tonnes Per cent Tonnes
The whole country                    
1992  330 62 5 52 17 .. .. .. 1 687 000 ..
1995  274 55 15 48 26 .. .. .. 1 895 000 ..
1998  149 48 28 56 51 9 288 14 86 1 928 000  948 576
2001  112 53 41 64 72 18 799 32 68 1 396 473  394 769
                     
2001                    
01 Østfold 5 5 4  100 88 4 941 5 95  121 543 14 768
02 Akershus 8 7 6 97 94 3 115 9 91  162 187 9 280
03 Oslo 1 1 1  100  100 3 507 90 10 76 401 0
04 Hedmark 1 1 1  100  100  267 0  100 25 896 0
05 Oppland 5 4 4  100  100 1 487 71 28 78 934 30
06 Buskerud 6 4 4 93 90 2 556 23 77  155 264 16 051
07 Vestfold 3 3 3  100  100  251 39 61 45 801 0
08 Telemark 8 4 2 90 70  775 10 99 83 460 24 644
09 Aust-Agder 5 4 1 89 54  181 0  100 28 675 13 053
10 Vest-Agder 7 4 3 73 98  197 34 66 69 484 1 455
11 Rogaland 9 1 3 0 73  166 63 37  154 795 41 657
12 Hordaland 6 1 3 6 41  413 0  100 94 297 55 979
14 Sogn og Fjordane 6 0 1 0 22 75 0  100 41 214 32 112
15 Møre og Romsdal 12 3 1 8 36  160 0  100 62 437 40 136
16 Sør-Trøndelag 7 3 1 74 69  359 88 12 14 504 4 538
17 Nord-Trøndelag 3 2 1 79 0 0 - 0 32 851 32 851
18 Nordland 13 1 1 8 32  244 37 63 72 655 49 654
19 Troms 5 5 1  100 43  103 69 31 40 397 22 883
20 Finnmark Finnmárku 3 0 3 0 0 0 - 0 35 679 35 679
1  Waste quantities are only waste placed on landfills in 2001.

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