Hazardous waste |
Type of material | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total | 58 | 60 | 46 | 56 | 96 | 98 | 76 | 75 | 66 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waste containing oil | 45 | 47 | 33 | 42 | 40 | 46 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waste containing solvents | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other organic hazardous wastes | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 37 | 36 | 30 | 35 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waste containing heavy metals, polluted matter | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Corrosive waste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other inorganic hazardous wastes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contaminated wastewater | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photochemicals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonclassified hazardous waste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 1 Amendments in legislation entering into force 01.01.2003 define additionally some waste types as hazardous. In 2003 about 47 000 tonnes of such waste types were handled in unknown ways. |
Source: Statistics Norway, 2009. | |
More information: Håkon Skullerud, Kari Benterud Mellem |