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Statistics on

Waste from service industries

The purpose of the statistics is production of annual, national figures for waste from the service Industries. The figures also contribute to the Waste accounts for Norway.

Updated: 2 July 2025
Next update: Not yet determined

Selected figures from these statistics

  • Waste from Service Industries
    Waste from Service Industries
    2024Per cent
    TonnesPer cent2023 - 20242008 - 2024
    Waste amounts by material
    In total1 695 592100-214
    Mixed waste680 37440-8-25
    Paper and cardboard320 3131915-9
    Wetorganic waste113 4177-1540
    Plastics71 5554-7408
    Other materials509 933302254
    Waste by section
    In total1 695 592100-214
    Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles698 12841-214
    Human health and social work activities196 013123-2
    Administrative and support service activities218 438131436
    Other service sections583 01334-812
    Explanation of symbols
  • Waste from Service Industries, by section and material
    Waste from Service Industries, by section and material1
    In totalPaper and cardboardMetalsPlasticsRubberGlassWood wasteWetorganic wasteConcrete and bricksSludgesEE-wasteMixed wasteDiscarded vehiclesOther
    2024
    In total1 695 592320 313115 75271 55533 62938 776125 505113 41720 84912 70938 761680 37436 97686 976
    Section
    Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles698 128225 84449 27850 50732 45714 49852 94247 0692 81365015 171187 8866 45712 556
    Transportation and storage97 58312 3219 8281 9423431 43813 1742 42654610 0201 25929 91337813 995
    Accommodation and food service activities121 58313 0623642 120012 0961 17420 51822123139870 208268923
    Information and communication26 0944 1631 9072 24911083 24764423002 08311 13286244
    Financial and insurance activities38 0601 0561 1627409210799253801116 48827 40040
    Professional, scientific and technical activities148 5899 22918 5152 937171 31118 0042 5806 9602197 16370 58122310 850
    Administrative and support service activities218 43814 93322 5303 2815513 68524 1575 4877 584565 72492 7671 30736 376
    Public administration and defence19 1161 53772820319911 5408692919076611 5661251 453
    Education43 1594 8392 36778376512 0393 5698291291025 0541581 941
    Human health and social work activities196 01324 7566 3145 168942 6505 59624 7043781602 543119 1463614 143
    Arts, entertainment and recreation48 5953 8402 0128041371 5862 1872 8711051 06732532 2471121 302
    Other service activities40 2344 7337471 48735701 3381 6886161042 30823 3861013 153
    1Except 46.77 - Wholesale of waste and scrap, 49 - Land transport; transport via pipelines, 68 - Real estate activities, 81.109 - Other combined facilities support activities.
    Explanation of symbols

About the statistics

The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 28 June 2024.

EE waste is all discarded electrical and electronic devices and components. They use electricity or run on batteries and are controlled by electronic signals.

Employees are the total amount of staff and owners.

Establishment is according to the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises of Norway a local kind of activity unit, which mainly is conducting activities within a special industry group.

Hazardous waste requires special treatment according to the Waste regulation, and is defined in the EU List of Waste (LoW) and Norwegian legislation defining limits for hazardous properties. Hazardous waste contains a large number of different materials and products, but constitutes one material category in the statistics.

Industry waste is waste which is not household waste.

Material denotes substances that largely share the same chemical and physical characteristics. The material classification are based upon Classification of waste (NS 9431) ;

Mixed Waste is waste that can not be assigned to a pure waste fraction.

Ordinary waste is waste not defined as hazardous waste.

Pure waste fraction is waste that can be classified to certain materials.

Section denotes an aggregated level in the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2002) , marked with the letters A-Q.

Service Industries include section G-Q in the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2002) .

Stratification is the process of grouping members of the population into subgroups (strata), for example by industry and size.

Waste is defined by the Pollution Control Act §27 as: "Discarded objects or substances. Waste also includes superfluous objects from service activities, production and treatment plants etc. Waste water and exhaust gases are not regarded as waste".

Waste collector is an enterprise that collects waste. In this statistics these enterprises constitutes the respondent sample.

Wrecked vehicles is discarded vehicles.

The statistics for 2006 are compiled according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2002) . The 2008 statistics are compiled according to Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007) .

The 2008 statistics are compiled both by SIC2002 and SIC2007.

The material classification is based upon Classification of waste (NS 9431) .

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