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Appendix table 2. Generation of waste by sector and by type of waste in 2012, 1,000 tonnes

Industry	Type of waste
	Chemical waste	Metallic waste	Glass waste	Paper and cardboard waste	Plastic and rubber waste	Wood waste	Animal and vegetal waste	Household and mixed waste	Sludges	Mineral waste	Other waste	Total	of which hazardous waste
Agriculture, forestry and fishing 1)	0	0	0	0	0	3 155	0	0	0	0	0	3 155	0
Mining and quarrying	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52 880	0	52 880	0
Manufacturing	712	175	50	222	41	8 305	615	617	542	2 378	17	13 674	743
Food products and beverages	1	12	5	6	3	3	601	34	7	157	10	839	1
Manuf. textiles, wearing apparel and leather products	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	0
Wood and wood products	7	3	0	1	0	5 313	0	4	2	12	0	5 342	5
Paper and paper products printing and reproduction of recorded media	166	24	0	201	19	2 963	1	468	369	190	1	4 402	20
Coke and refined petroleum products	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	28	22
Chemicalt, chemical products and rubber and plastic products	344	13	0	6	16	6	9	45	109	16	0	564	88
Non-metallic mineral products	1	2	45	1	1	1	0	23	1	432	0	507	2
Basic metals and metal products	163	69	0	5	1	6	3	28	53	1 548	1	1 877	597
Machinery and equipment n.e.c and elect.equipmenet	7	50	0	2	1	6	1	11	0	20	0	98	7
Manufacturing n.e.c.	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	9	1
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	5	4	0	1	0	124	0	32	2	842	0	1 010	25
Construction	1	78	1	5	14	238	3	5	0	15 682	0	16 027	150
Households and services	8	124	87	365	23	78	363	1 528	205	11	200	2 992	134
Total	726	381	138	593	78	11 900	981	2 182	749	71 793	217	89 738	1 052
- of which hazardous waste	306	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	56	561	114	1 052

1) Sludge, dry weight. Wood waste excluding logging waste left on site.

Source: Waste statistics 2012, Statistics Finland

Inquiries: Juha Espo 09 1734 3463, Jukka Muukkonen 09 1734 3224, ymparisto.energia@stat.fi

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Updated 15.5.2014