Statistics Norway

Hazardous waste

1   Hazardous waste collected for approved treatment, by treatment/disposal operation and material. 2003
Type of material Collected, total Material recycling Energy recovery Pretreatment1 Final treatment/disposal2 Export
Total  782 038 51 467 75 445 64 929  513 515 76 687
Waste containing petroleum products  194 743 43 330 59 851 49 523 35 456 6 583
Solvents 29 341  180 11 377 -636  596 17 824
Other organic 8 375 0 3 228  593 3 896  658
Waste containing heavy metals  315 077  766 24 13 330  261 119 39 838
Corrosive waste  213 334 7 191  170  212  195 034 10 727
Other inorganic 7 783 0 1 3 7 779 0
Processing water 7 296 0 85  236 6 975 0
Photo chemicals 3 123 0  709 1 668 0  746
Unknown 2 971 0 0 0 2 660  311
1  Net weight reduction. Includes all treatment products from a pretreatment operation not classified as hazardous waste.
2  Includes all types of landfilling, permanente storage, incineration without energy recovery and treatment operations producing only non-hazardous treatment products.

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