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45 Household waste, total and sent to recovery, by material1
  19922 1998 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Total, 1 000 tonnes 1 012 1 364 1 613 1 671 1 746 1 844 1 940 2 034 2 079 2 039 2 088 2 183
Total, kg per inhabitant  237  309  354  365  378  401  414  429  434  420  424  438
Sent to recovery, 1 000 tonnes 86  453  732  764  854  906  972 1 037 1 088 1 074 1 110 1 170
Sent to recovery, kg per inhabitant 20  102  161  167  185  198  208  219  227  221  226  235
Percentage of total household waste sent to recovery, including energy recovery .. .. 68 70 70 71 71 72 72 76 82 83
                         
Sent to recovery, by material, 1 000 tonnes                        
Paper, cardboard and pasteboard 57  208  246  256  271  299  313  324  335  302  295  308
Glass 11 23 37 39 41 44 44 44 49 49 51 54
Plastic 0 1 5 7 7 9 13 15 18 21 25 31
Metals 7 29 44 44 53 54 54 58 64 68 68 78
EEE waste .. .. 27 27 31 39 45 49 50 43 42 43
Wet organic waste 1 38 88 94  113  152  155  164  172  171  172  173
Wood waste 1 71  141  143  156  129  146  159  176  188  191  213
Park and gardening waste 1 51 84 98  110  112  117  143  140  151  163  174
Textiles 1 7 9 9 9 11 11 11 13 12 14 0
Hazardous waste .. .. 10 15 16 23 24 26 27 31 32 39
Other 9 24 42 33 45 35 50 42 45 38 58 60
1  Includes household waste collected through the municipal waste collection scheme. Waste from households handled otherwise is not included.
2  The figures are adjusted down to exclude industrial waste.
Source: Waste statistics, Statistics Norway.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/en/avfkomm 

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