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Statistics about

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: 4 July 2024
Next update: 2 July 2025
Modified: Percentage change from 2022-2023 was updated at 4 july 10:55

Selected figures from this statistics

  • Waste from Service Industries
    Waste from Service Industries
    2023Per cent
    TonnesPer cent2022 - 20232008 - 2023
    Waste amounts by material
    In total1 724 599100915
    Mixed waste736 593435-18
    Paper and cardboard279 2391615-21
    Wetorganic waste133 51682165
    Plastics76 632422444
    Other materials498 619297246
    Waste by section
    In total1 724 599100915
    Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles710 54341816
    Human health and social work activities191 032117-4
    Administrative and support service activities191 63011619
    Other service sections631 394371121
    Percentage change from 2022-2023 was updated at 4 july 10:55
    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
    2023
    In total1 724 599279 239116 83076 63234 73138 947128 049133 51619 4624 40236 942736 59336 66082 596
    Section
    Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles710 543185 59649 69452 43233 84415 12555 07259 3243 2444217 730216 2337 02415 183
    Transportation and storage94 37313 02910 7992 0362581 31417 7422 4191 0051 8863 01433 1793587 334
    Accommodation and food service activities144 07514 7435632 421013 30795529 63236415493979 4903201 187
    Information and communication33 8815 2351 56352102032 5929441 40302 36616 267862 701
    Financial and insurance activities29 5966205363050240500851 78026 52810
    Professional, scientific and technical activities169 2338 22221 4431 460261 02217 0324 7635 3901833 43687 53621618 504
    Administrative and support service activities191 63011 41419 2473 1593862 33224 4594 3135 9442134 71088 9741 23225 247
    Public administration and defence27 4841 7411 6145 212122892721 0281584642412 6571663 208
    Education44 0114 7602 242881146602 0003 4781 9254576525 6411421 458
    Human health and social work activities191 03225 3297 1755 984322 3014 49922 814197912 141114 5913045 052
    Arts, entertainment and recreation48 8743 1931 546879581 8102 0222 68314611941334 868192945
    Other service activities39 8675 3578911 5841015341 4021 713712391925 377921 767
    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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