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About the statistics
Definitions
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Name and topic
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Name: Hazardous waste
Topic: Nature and the environment
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Next release
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Responsible division
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Division for Energy, Environmental and Transport Statistics
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Definitions of the main concepts and variables
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Hazardous waste, handling and treatment are defined in the Waste regulation of 24 June 2004, §11-3 b), d) and g).
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Standard classifications
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Material means substances with relatively similar physical and chemical principle qualities. In this context, principal quality means the most hazardous quality classifying the material as hazardous waste. The classification by material is an aggregation of waste numbers (NS 9431, see conversion table in appendix 1).
The industries are classified according to EU Regulation 2150/2002 on waste statistics, which is derived from NACE Rev 1.
The classification by treatment builds on NS 9431, but with the following adjustment:
Final treatment or disposal includes all types of landfills, permanent storages, incineration without energy recovery, and other treatment operations not recovering any of the waste's resources and producing only non-hazardous treatment products.
Transition key between material and waste number
Waste number
Type of waste
Material
7011
Waste oil, with repayment
Oil containing waste
7012
Waste oil, without repayment
Oil containing waste
7021
Waste oil or grease
Oil containing waste
7022
Oil contaminated matter
Oil containing waste
7023
Fuel and fuel oil
Oil containing waste
7024
Oil filters
Oil containing waste
7025
Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with crude oil or condensate.
Oil containing waste
7030
Oil emulsions and slop water
Oil containing waste
7031
Oil emulsions from drillfloor
Oil containing waste
7041
Organic solvents, halogenated
Waste containing solvents
7042
Organic solvents non halogenated
Waste containing solvents
7043
Trichloroethene, with repayment
Waste containing solvents
7051
Paints, glues and varnishes
Waste containing solvents
7055
Spray cans
Waste containing solvents
7081
Waste containing mercury
Waste containing heavy metals
7082
Batteries containing mercury
Waste containing heavy metals
7083
Waste containing cadmium
Waste containing heavy metals
7084
Batteries containing cadmium
Waste containing heavy metals
7085
Amalgam
Waste containing heavy metals
7086
Flourescent tubes and energy-saving light bulbs
Waste containing heavy metals
7091
Inorganic salts and other solid matter
Waste containing heavy metals
7092
Lead accumulators
Waste containing heavy metals
7093
Small batteries, unsorted
Waste containing heavy metals
7094
Lithium batteries
Waste containing heavy metals
7095
Metal hydroxide sludges
Waste containing heavy metals
7096
Slag, dust, fly ash, catalysts, blasting sand, etc.
Waste containing heavy metals
7097
Inorganic solutions and baths
Waste containing heavy metals
7098
CCA-treated wood
Waste containing heavy metals
7100
Waste containing cyanides
Other inorganic hazardous waste
7111
Pesticides not containing mercury
Other organic hazardous waste
7112
Pesticides containing mercury
Other organic hazardous waste
7121
Polymerising substances, isocyanates
Other inorganic hazardous waste
7122
Highly reactive substances
Other inorganic hazardous waste
7123
Hardeners, organic peroxides
Other organic hazardous waste
7131
Acids, inorganic
Corrosive waste
7132
Bases, inorganic
Corrosive waste
7133
Detergents
Corrosive waste
7134
Acid organic waste
Corrosive waste
7135
Basic organic waste
Corrosive waste
7141
Drilling mud and drill cuttings based on mineral oil
Oil containing waste
7142
Oil based drilling fluids
Oil containing waste
7143
Cuttings with oil based drilling fluids
Oil containing waste
7144
Water based drilling fluids containing dangerous substances
Oil containing waste
7145
Cuttings with water based drilling fluids containing dangerous substances
Oil containing waste
7151
Organic waste containing halogens
Other organic hazardous waste
7152
Organic waste not containing halogens
Other organic hazardous waste
7154
Creosote-treated wood
Other organic hazardous waste
7155
Waste containing brominated flame retardants
Other organic hazardous waste
7156 Waste containing phtalates Other organic hazardous waste
7157 Discarded insulation containing environmentally harmful blowing agents such as CFC and HCFCs Other organic hazardous waste
7158 Insulating glass units containing chloroparaffins Other organic hazardous waste
7159 Waste containing chloroparaffins Other organic hazardous waste
7165
Contaminated waste water
Contaminated waste water
7210
PCB- and PCT-containing waste
Other organic hazardous waste
7211
Windows containing PCBs
Other organic hazardous waste
7220
Photochemicals
Photochemicals
7230
Halons
Other organic hazardous waste
7240
Chlorofluorocarbons
Other organic hazardous waste
7250
Asbestos
Other inorganic hazardous waste
7261 Gases in pressure containers Other organic hazardous waste
7990
Other or unknown hazardous waste
Other or unknown materials
Name of waste groups conversion between waste groups and waste numbers
The waste groups are given by the two intermediate digits of the waste numbers (appendix 1).
Waste group
Type of waste
1
Waste oil
2
Other oil containing waste
3
Stable oil emulsions
4
Solvents, organic
5
Paint, adhesives, varnish, etc.
8
Mercury and cadmium
9
Other waste containing heavy metals
10
Cyanides
11
Pesticides etc.
12
Iso-cyanates etc.
13
Corrosive waste
14
Oil drilling waste
15
Other very toxic, toxic, or environmentally harmful waste
16
Processing water
21
PCBs
22
Photo chemicals
23
Halones
24
Chlorofluorocarbons
25
Asbestos
26
Gases in pressure containers
99
Other hazardous waste
Additional information
Approved treatment as applied in this article includes only hazardous waste generated in Norway (export is therefore included, while import is excluded).