Statistics Norway

Waste, construction and demolition

1 Generated waste amounts from construction, rehabilitation and demolition of buildings. Tonnes. 2009 and 2010
  Total Construction Rehabilitation Demolition
Total. 2009 1 701 652  567 338  595 621  538 692
Total. 2010 1 539 420  516 473  540 288  482 658
Waste types        
Wood  220 876 90 817 80 527 49 532
Paper and cardboard 21 557 11 368 8 567 1 622
Plastic 4 178 2 497 1 635 46
Glass 7 818 2 236 4 571 1 011
Metals 70 993 18 260 34 059 18 674
Gypsym 55 326 28 816 24 504 2 006
EEE waste 8 550 1 865 5 197 1 488
Hazardous waste 14 316 1 978 6 487 5 851
Asbestos 2 566  884 1 139  543
Impregnated wood 3 698 91 2 230 1 377
Other hazardous waste 8 052 1 003 3 117 3 932
Bricks and concrete and other heavy building materials  609 528 84 729  192 622  332 176
Polluted bricks and concrete 18 771 - 5 739 13 032
Other waste 21 014 4 462 13 771 2 781
Mixed waste  275 604  107 441  130 106 38 057
Asphalt  210 890  162 004 32 503 16 384

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