12 Responsible consumption and production

Target 12.4: Responsible management of chemicals and waste

By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.

Go to target 12.5

Indicators

12.4.1: International environmental agreements

12.4.2: Hazardous waste

12.4.1 12.4.2

Hazardous waste generated per capita and proportion of hazardous waste treated

Area: Total | Unit: Tonnes per capita

Unit: Tonnes per capita


	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024

Hazardous waste generated (kg. per capita)	72.7	92.4	98.3	77.2	79.8	85.9	88.3	91.5	73.7	77.9	79.5	97.8

Proportion of hazardous treated under treatment form materials recovery (per cent)	44.5	41.9	46.4	38.6	38.9	38.3	45.3	51.8	43.0	43.1	41.5	44.3

Proportion of hazardous treated under treatment form deposition (per cent)	28.1	30.2	29.8	32.2	19.8	22.5	18.6	18.3	16.3	18.6	17.4	15.4

Proportion of hazardous treated under treatment form incineration (per cent)	27.4	27.9	23.8	29.1	41.3	39.2	36.1	29.9	40.7	38.4	41.1	40.4

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Definition

The indicator is calculated by Statistics Denmark based on the waste accounts, which are based on data from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency's Waste Data System. Soil waste is excluded. The waste accounts form part of Statistics Denmark's Green National Accounts, and the indicator is therefore in accordance with the principles of the international System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA 2012), published by the UN, the World Bank, the IMF, the OECD and Eurostat.

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Last updated:

21-10-2026

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