Hazardous waste |
Type of material | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 533 | 611 | 604 | 601 | 748 | 846 | 924 | 1 017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waste containing oil | 107 | 131 | 157 | 171 | 195 | 210 | 246 | 226 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waste containing solvents | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 13 | 28 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other organic hazardous wastes | 8 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waste containing heavy metals | 154 | 169 | 163 | 196 | 281 | 326 | 360 | 494 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corrosive waste | 217 | 259 | 230 | 129 | 213 | 208 | 221 | 211 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other inorganic hazardous wastes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contaminated wastewater | 30 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photochemicals | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonclassified hazardous waste | 2 | 4 | 12 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | The figures for 2003 onwards are based on more complete data sources than the figures towards 2002. . |
Source: Statistics Norway (2007). |