Statistics Norway

Hazardous waste

1   Hazardous waste registered for approved treatment 1999-2005 and total amount treated as approved 2003-2005. 1000 tonnes.
Year Registered for approved treatment 1 Approved treatment 1, 2, 3
1999  533 ..
2000  611 ..
2001  604 ..
2002  601 ..
2003  710  748
2004  789  860
2005  790  875
1  1 Amendments in legislation entering into force 01.01.2003 define additionally some waste types as hazardous. In 2003 about 13 000 tonnes of such waste types were registered as handed in. .
2  2 Waste undergoing consecutive treatment operations at different facilities is counted only once.
3  3 Figures from Statistics Norway's survey of manufacturing industry waste indicate that additionally about 40 000 tonnes of hazardous waste was sent for approved treatment in 2003, which increases the total amount of hazardous waste going to approved treatment to approximately 790 000 tonnes this year. An equivalent data source for 2004 and 2005 is not available, and hence the 40 000 tonnes in 2003 are excluded.

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