Less recycling - more waste to landfill
(WorldNews Norway)

Waste amounts are steadily increasing, according to Waste accounts. The increase from 2015 to 2016 was three per cent. At the same time, the value added measured by GDP (constant prices) has increased by only one per cent from 2015 to 2016. The national goal to keep the increase in waste below the level of economic growth has not been achieved in recent years. 1 Contaminated soil and stones are excluded. Figure 1. Trends in waste and GDP (constant prices) The recovered fraction continues to decrease In 2016, the recovery of non-hazardous waste undergoing known treatment was 74 per cent; a decrease of three per cent from 2015. This...