Municipal waste, 1996:

Norwegians deliver 64 kilos of waste to recycling

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Every resident of Norway delivered an average 64 kilos of household waste to recycling in 1996. Paper, cardboard and pasteboard made up 50 percent, park and gardening waste made up 15 per cent and food and biodegradable waste 10 per cent. The amount of household waste recycled has increased by 22 per cent from 1995, and has tripled since 1992, according to calculations done by Statistics Norway on the basis of sample surveys of 53 local governments.

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Households generated altogether 1.29 million tons of waste last year, about the same as the year before. Of this amount, 280,000 tons or 22 per cent was recycled. This means that every resident delivered 1.2 kilos of waste to recycling every week. The corresponding figures for 1992 were nine per cent and 0.4 kilo waste per week. Although a steadily larger percentage of household waste is being recycled, the amount not recycled is at the same level as in 1992 because the overall amount of waste has also increased during the period.

New Statistics

Municipal waste, 1996.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics in the Official Statistics of Norway for 1992 and 1995. More information: Anders Falnes, tel. +47 62 88 55 29, e-mail: anf@ssb.no or Ole Moss, tel. +47 62 88 52 32, e-mail: com@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 25, 1997