Changes in waste treatment
Waste treatment is going through a powerful period of change. In 2011, 22 per cent more waste was incinerated than in the year before, amounting to over ten million tonnes. Wood residue of...
View ArticleSixty-six per cent of combustible waste is burned
A total of around 16.4 million tonnes of combustible waste were generated in Finland in 2012. Of these, 10.7 million tonnes or 66 per cent were burned in incineration or co-incineration plants. The...
View ArticleCircular economy stumbling on rocks
Recycling of stone that remains as waste is lagging behind when comparing to the reuse of other waste material, stone is primarily stockpiled. In past years, the processing of biodegradable waste...
View ArticleFire is not the solution for hazardous waste
According to the permission and supervision registers of environmental authorities, 1.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste was generated in Finland in 2014. The volumes of hazardous waste have...
View ArticleAmounts of waste from production both increased and decreased; the economic...
Compared to the previous year, the total amount of waste generated in 2015 grew by over ten per cent. This was despite the fact that our manufacturings total amount of waste fell considerably in 2015...
View ArticleRecovery of waste has replaced disposal of municipal waste at landfill sites
Disposal of municipal waste at landfill sites has decreased strongly according to the development that has continued in recent years. In 2016, only around three per cent of municipal waste was disposed...
View ArticleMining and construction increased the total amount of waste in 2016
Increased mineral excavation raised the total amount of waste to around 123 million tonnes in 2016. The share of mineral excavation in the total waste generated was good 93 million of surface soil,...
View ArticleAmount of municipal waste has not grown and recovery has replaced disposal at...
Corrected on 11 January 2019. The corrections are indicated in red.
View ArticleTotal amount of waste decreased in 2017
The total amount of waste decreased to approximately 117 million tonnes in 2017. The drop is mainly caused by a decrease in waste from mining and quarrying compared with 2016. The share of mineral...
View ArticleMore municipal waste was generated in 2018 than in previous years
Corrected on 17 January 2020. The correction is indicated in red.
View ArticleAmount of waste generated in 2018 returned to the level of 2016 - the share...
A total of 128 million tonnes of waste were generated in 2018. This was 11 million tonnes more than in the previous year, when the amount of waste had fallen mainly due to decreased waste caused by...
View ArticleAmount of municipal waste grew slightly in 2019 - most of waste was still...
Over three million tonnes of municipal waste was generated in 2019. Compared with the previous year, the total amount of waste increased by 80,000 tonnes, or by just under three per cent. No great...
View ArticleWaste generated in 2019 declined due to lower amoung of waste from mining and...
Over 116 million tonnes of waste were generated in 2019. This is nearly 12 million tonnes less than in the previous year, when the amount of waste had risen mainly due to waste caused by mining and...
View ArticleAmount of municipal waste continued growing in 2020 - most of waste was still...
In 2020, around 3.3 million tonnes of municipal waste were generated. Compared with the previous year, the total amount of waste increased by 170,000 tonnes, or by over five per cent. There were no...
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