Statistics Norway

Hazardous waste

3 Hazardous waste treated as approved and handled in unknown ways in 1999 to 2009, total and new types 1. 1 000 tonnes. (Corrected 7 June 2011)
Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Approved treatment, total 1, 2, 3  543  611  596  602  806  898  975 1 103 1 085 1 126 1 017
Of this original types 3  543  611  596  602  784  865  926 1 050 1 054 1 086  969
Of this new types 1 .. .. .. .. 21 33 49 53 31 40 48
Unknown handling, total 56 60 46 51 97  115 93 90 77 74 72
Of this original types 56 60 46 51 50 72 52 53 37 42 39
Of this new types 1 .. .. .. .. 47 43 40 37 41 32 33
1  Amendments in legislation entering into force 01.01.2003 define additionally some waste types as hazardous. These include a.o. wood impregnated with CCA or creosote, CRT glass containing lead, construction plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment containing brominated flame retardants, and asbestos cement (eternite).
2  Based on register data from 1999 to 2002, and on survey of treatment facilities from 2003 to 2009.
3  The figures for 2009 were corrected 7 June 2011.

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