5.5.2. The volume of each type of waste by method of treatment (2004–)*(1/2)

(thousand tons)

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Treatment of agricultural and food industrial waste
Material recovery 4 329 3 567 2 604 904 553 288 285 293
Energy recovery 572 753 982 698 168 269 252 293
Incineration without energy recovery 104 7 4 5 1 3 104 2
Disposed of by landfill 1 156 170 96 44 7 22 9 7
Treated in other ways 53 331 255 3 208 459 384 124 150
Total 6 215 4 828 3 940 4 858 1 188 965 773 744
Treatment of industrial and other economic waste
Material recovery 3 392 2 536 2 315 2 305 2 495 1 310 1 486 1 331
Energy recovery 134 122 133 231 163 83 136 98
Incineration without energy recovery 3 2 4 16 5 9 9 9
Disposed of by landfill 6 110 6 123 5 627 4 937 3 348 3 204 3 331 3 674
Treated in other ways – – – – 1 375 1 580 843 815
Total 9 639 8 784 8 079 7 489 7 386 6 186 5 806 5 928
Treatment of construction and demolition waste
Material recovery 370 1 078 1 010 1 376 2 231 2 028 2 934 2 339
Energy recovery 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Incineration without energy recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disposed of by landfill 3 689 3 051 2 984 2 293 2 650 1 897 1 233 2 076
Total 4 060 4 130 3 996 3 670 4 882 3 926 4 167 4 415
Treatment of hazardous waste
Material recovery 374 158 278 192 167 289 171 186
Energy recovery 50 93 121 42 40 29 29 24
Incineration without energy recovery 63 44 94 57 60 62 47 79
Disposed of by landfill 101 190 771 552 215 202 64 259
Treated in other ways 382 718 104 238 232 269 258 229
Total 969 1 203 1 367 1 082 714 851 569 777
Treatment of municipal waste
Material recovery 540 444 490 554 692 665 789 837
Energy recovery 155 303 389 382 393 406 406 408
Disposed of by landfill 3 857 3 859 3 792 3 429 3 341 3 212 2 838 2 563
Treated in other ways 40 40 40 228 126 29 – –
Total 4 592 4 646 4 711 4 594 4 553 4 312 4 033 3 809
Municipal waste by mode of collection
Collected in traditional way 4 052 4 202 4 311 4 074 3 861 3 664 3 278 2 972
Collected by separate waste removal method 540 444 400 520 692 648 755 837
Total 4 592 4 646 4 711 4 594 4 553 4 312 4 033 3 809
*Source: Ministry of Innovation and Technology. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011