Statistics Norway

Waste treatment and disposal

5 Number of plants by type of waste treatment. 2006.1
The whole country Total Sorting, reloading Composting Incineration Landfill
1992 .. .. .. ..  330
1995 .. .. .. ..  274
1998 .. .. .. ..  149
2001  228  184 71 20  112
2003  239  139 63 22 98
2004  250  122 60 20  100
2005  248  137 59 19 96
20062  228  141 49 20 89
           
County          
01 Østfold 13 6 3 3 5
02 Akershus 12 7 2 0 5
03 Oslo 7 3 0 3 1
04 Hedmark 15 10 1 1 4
05 Oppland 9 7 5 0 4
06 Buskerud 15 9 3 2 9
07 Vestfold 10 5 1 0 4
08 Telemark 15 10 3 0 6
09 Aust-Agder 9 7 4 0 5
10 Vest-Agder 8 5 4 0 4
11 Rogaland 18 10 4 3 5
12 Hordaland 16 10 3 1 5
14 Sogn og Fjordane 12 6 3 1 5
15 Møre og Romsdal 21 15 3 2 7
16 Sør-Trøndelag 16 10 4 2 4
17 Nord-Trøndelag 8 6 2 0 3
18 Nordland 10 7 2 0 6
19 Troms Romsa 8 4 2 1 3
20 Finnmark Finnmárku 5 3 2 1 3
21 Svalbard 1 1 0 0 1
1  Since each plant may offer several types of waste treatment, the 'Total' will not correspond to the sum of plants distributed by treatment.
2  Break in time series - Svalbard is included.
Source: Statistics Norway.

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