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Wed, 02 Dec, 2015 12:02:01 AM
FTimes Report, Dec 2
 
Municipal waste by treatment method in 2002 to 2014. Source: Waste statistics 2014, Statistics Finland.
Nearly 50 per cent of municipal waste generated in Finland in 2014 was burned, according to Statistics Finland.
 
The share of burning has risen very fast, because ten years ago just 12 per cent of waste was burned.
 
Disposal at landfill sites has, in turn, fallen more or less at the same rate, or in practice, all municipal solid waste delivered for burning reduces the waste in landfill sites.
 
Just under one-fifths of the total volume of waste was disposed at landfill sites.
 
In 2014, a total of 2.6 million tonnes of municipal waste were generated, the data show.
 
Municipal waste as an additional resource in energy production is running low.
 
The volume has remained fairly even throughout the early part of the millennium.
 
Municipal waste is generated in households and service sectors, the biggest items being paper and paperboard waste, biodegradable kitchen and canteen waste, and packages and scrap.
 
The volume of unsorted, burning mixed waste is large and growing as combustion treatment is becoming more common.
 
The volume of municipal waste delivered to energy recovery was last year 1.3 million tonnes, 460,000 tonnes were landfilled.
 
The remaining 856,000 tonnes were recycled or recovered as a material, the biggest items of which were paper, biodegradable kitchen wastes, and metal and electrical equipment scrap.
 
The recycling volumes have long remained more or less of equal size, however, the trend appears to be slightly rising.
 
The recovery rate of municipal wastes, that is, burning and recycling together reached a record high, as much as 83 per cent, according to the statistics.
 
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