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Appendix 2 Nordic CRM enriched waste streams

The following paragraphs presents a quantitative description of Nordic waste streams that are known to contain CRM-enriched materials. To get a best possible overview of the CRM potential, we have approached the possible resources from two different approaches; top down and bottom up. The top-down description covers overall waste streams that contain CRM-enriched sub streams for the last three years, as reported by Eurostat. These numbers are reported by the industry itself according to the waste codes and aggregated. As a bottom-up description, specific numbers for each of the key industries or waste categories that are known to contain or carry CRMs have been collected and aggregated up to each national levels. The comparison of the top down and bottom-up numbers makes it possible to evaluate CRM strategies both from an overall political approach as well as a highly practical approach.

CRM-waste streams in Norway

Norway
EU waste category
2016
2018
2020
Industrial waste   
Acid, alkaline or saline wastes
328.881
304.992
346.759
Chemical wastes
368.651
204.742
272.965
Industrial effluent sludges
87.687
101.216
92.044
Combustion wastes
632.402
758.079
751.670
Spent solvents
16.188
16.101
15.721
Used oils
89.290
37.722
59.310
Biological waste 
Animal and mixed food waste
407.769
581.508
484.602
Animal faeces, urine and manure
0
0
0
Vegetal wastes
185.713
181.885
197.160
Common sludges
214.780
232.164
280.703
Health care and biological wastes
1.836
297
459
Metallic waste   
Metal wastes, ferrous
105.387
130.725
66.157
Metal wastes, mixed ferrous and non-ferrous
461.887
726.161
496.637
Metal wastes, non-ferrous
236.987
1.234
8.550
Non-metallic sorted materials   
Glass wastes
124.135
144.456
117.362
Plastic wastes
244.217
275.537
254.853
Rubber wastes
58.405
61.824
43.348
Textile wastes
3.064
6.180
2.858
Wood wastes
855.518
802.333
898.825
WEEE and vehicles   
Discarded equipment (except discarded vehicles and batteries and accumulators waste) (W08 except W081, W0841)
153.456
137.326
170.816
Discarded vehicles
216.205
230.783
211.666
Batteries and accumulators wastes
22.012
22.949
23.890
Mixed waste 
Household and similar wastes
1.011.736
926.382
958.400
Mixed and undifferentiated materials
1.847.714
1.744.418
1.326.307
Mineral waste  
Mineral waste from construction and demolition
2.395.057
2.427.875
2.976.397
Other mineral wastes (W122+W123+W125)
0
189.327
214.129
Waste from waste treatment 
Mineral wastes from waste treatment and stabilised wastes
73.418
122.881
125.065
Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment
0
904
318
Sorting residues
194.165
270.692
286.699
Soils
42.613
2.702.226
2.749.005
Table A1 Norwegian overall waste streams, Source: Eurostat
Table A2 Norwegian CRM enriched waste streams
Norway: Elements in waste
Total
WEEE
Batteries
Ashes
Cars&­Tires
Tailings
Iron/​Steel
Non-Ferrous Industries
Other
Antimon
1.286
56
 707
85
24
 -  
42
371
    2
Arsen
982
5
    18
 19
6
 1
  44
876
13
Barium
7.902
110
 2
1.324
507
1.506
3.098
1.233
122
Beryllium
6
0
0
1
0
-  
3
2
1
Bor
603
69
6
156
32
1
325
2
13
LREE
974
157
46
85
28
486
93
31
47
HREE
165
22
1
15
9
0
56
41
19
PGM
22
5
-  
0
  2
-  
-  
15
0
Fluor
15.398
31
1
128
42
-  
942
14.074
180
Fosfor
21.989
21
34
4.420
155
16.815
208
208
128
Gallium
  88
4
 -  
6
2
0
7
65
3
Germanium
6
0
-  
1
0
0
0
5
0
Hafnium
10
2
-  
2
3
0
2
0
1
Kobber
16.261
9.562
377
2.404
2.650
366
96
784
22
Kobolt
812
53
473
16
46
179
13
24
7
Litium
495
7
121
35
21
0
21
285
5
Mangan
28.261
22
548
4.351
311
12.444
9.320
1.220
46
Nikkel
2.004
126
545
80
59
761
147
258
28
Niob
51
1
0
6
3
15
25
0
2
Scandium
36
0
0
22
0
5
6
2
2
Tantal
48
17
-  
1
8
-  
3
19
0
Vanadium
1.343
2
0
28
10
692
216
272
125
Vismut
128
9
1
14
1
-  
38
65
0
Wolfram
57
7
0
24
12
-  
11
1
3

CRM-waste streams in Sweden

Sweden
EU waste category
2016
2018
2020
Industrial waste   
Acid, alkaline or saline wastes
252.352
321.110
335.356
Chemical wastes
593.427
650.224
929.046
Industrial effluent sludges
166.893
210.847
152.345
Combustion wastes
1.809.785
1.355.965
1.266.815
Spent solvents
24.737
31.878
32.050
Used oils
147.184
170.435
247.258
Biological waste
Animal and mixed food waste
716.394
730.183
667.131
Animal faeces, urine and manure
759.924
911.776
991.161
Vegetal wastes
902.819
836.897
926.977
Common sludges
400.015
416.745
449.986
Health care and biological wastes
5.677
5.858
4.845
Metallic waste  
Metal wastes, ferrous
1.615.920
2.265.821
1.529.327
Metal wastes, mixed ferrous and non-ferrous
967.446
659.272
679.158
Metal wastes, non-ferrous
148.118
474.398
538.119
Non-metallic sorted materials   
Glass wastes
240.737
250.742
280.665
Plastic wastes
315.976
396.061
342.506
Rubber wastes
87.474
94.508
93.454
Textile wastes
8.646
10.696
12.307
Wood wastes
1.905.525
1.925.568
1.850.463
WEEE and vehicles   
Discarded equipment (except discarded vehicles and batteries and accumulators waste) (W08 except W081, W0841)
300.475
247.582
278.978
Discarded vehicles
511.942
557.390
535.140
Batteries and accumulators wastes
34.252
28.203
46.471
Mixed waste 
Household and similar wastes
2.282.990
2.382.541
2.241.231
Mixed and undifferentiated materials
886.251
682.602
608.425
Mineral waste  
Mineral waste from construction and demolition
2.837.841
2.876.625
3.259.664
Other mineral wastes (W122+W123+W125)
110.797.571
104.735.962
117.181.652
Waste from waste treatment
Mineral wastes from waste treatment and stabilised wastes
1.833.855
2.232.832
2.016.174
Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment
95.114
154.898
137.861
Sorting residues
3.165.987
2.775.407
2.412.275
Soils
5.414.690
8.885.143
9.125.163
Total
136.530.762
133.504.448
147.257.599
Table A3 Swedish overall waste streams, Source: Eurostat
Table A4 Swedish CRM enriched waste streams
Sweden: Elements in waste
Total
WEEE
Batteries
Ashes
Cars & Tires
Tailings
Iron/​Steel
Non-Ferrous Ind.
Other
Antimon
1.821
60
762
462
103
0
337
95
2
Arsen
4.871
6
20
151
630
3.677
320
56
13
Barium
9.259
118
2
4.303
744
2.282
412
1.275
122
Beryllium
53
0
0
3
0
46
2
0
1
Bor
3.331
74
7
623
47
2.425
143
0
13
LREE
3.603
170
50
207
36
2.664
285
145
47
HREE
1.305
24
1
50
9
927
261
14
19
Fluor
23.319
33
2
601
168
12.135
8.894
1.306
180
Fosfor
107.438
  23
    37
17.037
480
86.836
2.568
   330
128
Gallium
119
4
-  
24
1
10
63
13
3
Germanium
5
0
-  
2
0
0
1
1
0
Hafnium
 24
2
-  
10
5
1
5
0
1
Kobber
59.178
10.314
406
9.790
3.026
31.164
588
3.868
22
Kobolt
37.125
57
510
68
46
36.008
81
348
7
Litium
393
8
130
62
150
-  
28
11
5
Mangan
148.295
24
591
9.496
435
117.215
18.205
2.285
46
Nikkel
3.961
136
588
341
130
1.171
1.363
203
28
Niob
345
1
0
22
11
82
226
0
2
Scandium
331
0
0
83
0
239
7
0
2
Strontium
2.288
56
0
944
264
684
321
1
19
Tantal
54
18
-  
2
8
0
24
0
0
Vanadium
5.148
3
0
128
10
2.387
2.486
10
125
Vismut
359
9
1
62
1
0
286
0
0
Wolfram
403
7
0
81
52
88
172
0
3

CRM-waste streams in Denmark

Denmark
EU waste category
2016
2018
2020
Industrial waste   
Acid, alkaline or saline wastes
13.452
15.692
16.853
Chemical wastes
114.505
111.866
106.334
Industrial effluent sludges
40.056
73.988
124.892
Combustion wastes
749.844
744.919
467.225
Spent solvents
34.539
33.420
19.483
Used oils
30.791
30.710
31.547
Biological waste  
Animal and mixed food waste
183.970
382.768
477.916
Animal faeces, urine and manure
37.841
243.306
247.219
Vegetal wastes
912.094
946.471
1.029.794
Common sludges
174.049
163.059
204.558
Health care and biological wastes
4.799
6.217
7.662
Metallic waste  
Metal wastes, ferrous
798.223
913.741
921.429
Metal wastes, mixed ferrous and non-ferrous
510.895
421.108
408.020
Metal wastes, non-ferrous
73.962
107.770
138.430
Non-metallic sorted materials
Glass wastes
180.151
203.683
210.087
Plastic wastes
114.585
105.457
139.833
Rubber wastes
38.925
54.862
52.141
Textile wastes
18.134
26.854
18.276
Wood wastes
567.909
696.947
661.573
WEEE and vehicles 
Discarded equipment (except discarded vehicles and batteries and accumulators waste) (W08 except W081, W0841)
100.059
79.258
95.769
Discarded vehicles
92.702
95.222
73.606
Batteries and accumulators wastes
19.644
15.355
20.811
Mixed waste 
Household and similar wastes
2.474.107
2.466.876
2.355.391
Mixed and undifferentiated materials
338.270
542.093
371.793
Mineral waste   
Mineral waste from construction and demolition
3.460.195
4.127.165
3.780.148
Other mineral wastes (W122+W123+W125)
253.292
222.976
267.397
Waste from waste treatment   
Mineral wastes from waste treatment and stabilised wastes
602.474
586.967
725.615
Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment
7.300
7.199
15.012
Sorting residues
471.404
503.919
383.615
Soils
7.750.229
6.764.309
6.087.665
Total
19.900.753
20.347.122
19.011.323
Table A5 Danish overall waste streams, Source: Eurostat
Table A6 Danish CRM enriched waste streams
Denmark: Elements in waste
Total
WEEE
Batteries
Ashes
Cars & Tires
Tailings
Iron/​Steel
Non-Ferrous Industries
Other
Antimon
1.052
41
516
443
43
-  
8
-  
0
Arsen
196
4
13
150
14
-  
14
-  
1
Barium
3.286
80
2
2.831
359
-  
6
-  
8
Beryllium
5
0
0
4
0
-  
0
-  
0
Bor
757
50
5
636
63
-  
2
-  
1
LREE
386
115
34
178
50
-  
6
-  
3
HREE
83
16
1
46
8
-  
9
-  
1
PGM
14
3
-  
1
9
-  
-  
-  
0
Fluor
834
23
1
625
42
-  
131
-  
12
Fosfor
30.012
16
25
29.812
124
-  
26
-  
9
Gallium
22
3
-  
16
1
-  
2
-  
0
Germanium
3
0
-  
2
0
-  
0
-  
0
Hafnium
12
1
-  
7
4
-  
0
-  
0
Kobber
14.183
6.985
275
3.823
3.078
-  
21
-  
1
Kobolt
466
39
345
50
30
-  
2
-  
0
Litium
532
5
88
344
94
-  
0
-  
0
Mangan
11.296
16
400
10.380
186
-  
311
-  
3
Nikkel
1.219
92
398
589
100
-  
37
-  
2
Niob
23
0
0
15
4
-  
3
-  
0
Scandium
13
0
0
12
0
-  
0
-  
0
Strontium
1.524
38
0
1.412
67
-  
6
-  
1
Tantal
46
13
-  
5
27
-  
1
-  
0
Vanadium
145
2
0
99
8
-  
28
-  
8
Vismut
77
6
1
57
1
-  
12
-  
0
Wolfram
163
5
0
76
80
-  
1
-  
0

CRM-waste streams in Finland

Finland
EU waste category
2016
2018
2020
Industrial waste   
Acid, alkaline or saline wastes
112.462
73.131
102.653
Chemical wastes
273.353
305.202
266.371
Industrial effluent sludges
269.084
230.392
251.169
Combustion wastes
1.675.986
1.730.970
1.369.328
Spent solvents
18.247
24.221
64.966
Used oils
37.675
34.535
24.140
Biological waste   
Animal and mixed food waste
665.026
617.557
685.892
Animal faeces, urine and manure
65.382
42.481
46.859
Vegetal wastes
350.924
421.142
450.008
Common sludges
523.759
641.887
417.510
Health care and biological wastes
2.957
3.130
3.531
Metallic waste   
Metal wastes, ferrous
352.274
515.556
320.291
Metal wastes, mixed ferrous and non-ferrous
305.280
275.998
134.473
Metal wastes, non-ferrous
57.546
125.427
109.820
Non-metallic sorted materials   
Glass wastes
137.569
161.302
132.519
Plastic wastes
87.361
120.091
132.105
Rubber wastes
17.000
1.161
882
Textile wastes
14.934
14.456
5.231
Wood wastes
4.738.039
4.371.362
3.135.178
WEEE and vehicles   
Discarded equipment (except discarded vehicles and batteries and accumulators waste) (W08 except W081, W0841)
73.451
60.762
80.615
Discarded vehicles
118.477
125.988
130.871
Batteries and accumulators wastes
22.805
2.743
1.870
Mixed waste   
Household and similar wastes
1.362.532
1.519.835
1.815.770
Mixed and undifferentiated materials
1.045.093
742.018
850.707
Mineral waste   
Mineral waste from construction and demolition
1.428.798
1.250.175
1.210.595
Other mineral wastes (W122+W123+W125)
90.748.429
91.028.374
88.491.527
Waste from waste treatment   
Mineral wastes from waste treatment and stabilised wastes
629.931
504.331
482.207
Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment
72.904
111.311
181.966
Sorting residues
662.350
865.527
506.102
Soils
16.378.694
21.789.333
13.365.262
Total
121.503.998
126.770.566
114.912.256
Table A7 Finnish overall waste streams, Source: Eurostat
Table A8 Finnish CRM enriched waste streams
Finland: Elements in waste
 Total 
 WEEE 
Batteries
Ashes
Cars & Tires
Tailings
Iron/​Steel
Non-Ferrous Ind.
Other
Antimon
1.343
30
383
157
24
87
283
354
24
Arsen
17.694
3
10
152
20
15.500
242
1.239
529
Barium
22.090
60
1
1.498
228
19.310
420
507
65
Beryllium
46
0
0
1
0
42
2
-  
0
Bor
505
37
3
256
33
19
155
-  
1
LREE
5.545
85
25
195
49
2.421
282
45
2.443
HREE
1.482
12
1
45
19
969
216
46
172
PGM
35
3
-  
1
13
-  
-  
18
0
Fluor
9.701
17
1
185
32
-  
9.385
70
12
Fosfor
36.346
12
18
10.116
140
21.828
2.028
80
2.125
Gallium
106
2
-  
12
1
-  
62
28
1
Germanium
12
0
-  
1
0
-  
1
9
1
Hafnium
15
1
-  
4
4
-  
5
0
0
Kobber
53.006
5.190
205
1.326
8.318
34.479
806
2.453
228
Kobolt
6.704
29
257
57
32
5.895
92
327
16
Litium
719
4
65
60
92
262
31
200
4
Mangan
91.514
12
297
4.736
765
64.934
18.933
1.817
22
Nikkel
50.402
69
296
161
89
41.714
4.533
3.523
18
Niob
308
0
0
12
12
13
261
-  
9
Scandium
466
0
0
25
0
432
6
2
1
Strontium
11.485
    28
   0
560
201
5.137
   338
236
4.984
Tantal
95
9
-  
3
27
13
18
22
3
Vanadium
10.826
1
0
87
4
5.628
5.028
62
15
Vismut
352
5
1
40
1
16
211
73
7
Wolfram
359
4
0
25
40
172
115
3
2

CRM-waste streams in Iceland

Iceland
EU waste category
2016
2018
2020
Industrial waste   
Acid, alkaline or saline wastes
59
34
19
Chemical wastes
117.901
120.936
119.689
Industrial effluent sludges
147
370
252
Combustion wastes
9.426
8.145
8.286
Spent solvents
75
82
93
Used oils
2.741
3.029
4.561
Biological waste   
Animal and mixed food waste
23.769
30.114
30.133
Animal faeces, urine and manure
715
696
1.326
Vegetal wastes
10.707
9.647
10.589
Common sludges
4.427
4.034
4.233
Health care and biological wastes
348
326
412
Metallic waste   
Metal wastes, ferrous
24.418
50.087
67.613
Metal wastes, mixed ferrous and non-ferrous
32.541
25.966
7.217
Metal wastes, non-ferrous
1.485
1.783
4.454
Non-metallic sorted materials 
Glass wastes
7.208
7.729
6.443
Plastic wastes
7.975
10.966
7.974
Rubber wastes
6.305
9.821
5.542
Textile wastes
0
1
0
Wood wastes
25.157
27.179
48.867
WEEE and vehicles   
Discarded equipment (except discarded vehicles and batteries and accumulators waste) (W08 except W081, W0841)
4.105
4.982
4.863
Discarded vehicles
8.536
15.692
15.882
Batteries and accumulators wastes
1.267
1.696
1.685
Mixed waste   
Household and similar wastes
127.765
147.003
117.153
Mixed and undifferentiated materials
32.432
24.678
27.568
Mineral waste   
Mineral waste from construction and demolition
475.368
608.968
412.987
Other mineral wastes (W122+W123+W125)
24.697
10.639
6.954
Waste from waste treatment   
Mineral wastes from waste treatment and stabilised wastes
0
0
0
Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment
0
87
0
Sorting residues
7.893
13.541
10.349
Soils
75.172
120.176
112.443
Total
1.059.426
1.279.883
1.050.554
Table A9 Icelandic overall waste streams, Source: Eurostat
Table A10 Iceland and territories CRM enriched waste streams
Iceland & territories: Elements in waste
 Total 
 WEEE 
Batteries
Ashes
Cars & Tires
Tailings
Iron/​Steel
Non-Ferrous Ind.
Other
Antimon
189
2
36
131
0
-  
-  
19
1
Arsen
20
0
1
1
0
-  
-  
16
2
Barium
340
4
0
10
2
26
-  
90
209
Beryllium
1
0
0
0
0
-  
-  
1
0
Bor
120
2
0
2
1
-  
-  
1
114
LREE
15
9
2
1
0
2
-  
1
0
HREE
2
1
0
0
0
-  
-  
1
0
PGM
0
0
-  
0
0
-  
-  
0
0
Fluor
8.406
    1
0
3
    -  
-  
-  
8.359
44
Fosfor
98
1
2
54
1
-  
-  
41
0
Gallium
10
0
-  
0
0
3
-  
7
0
Germanium
0
0
-  
0
0
-  
-  
0
0
Hafnium
0
0
-  
0
0
-  
-  
0
0
Kobber
903
525
19
20
1
1
-  
89
247
Kobolt
36
3
24
0
1
1
-  
7
0
Litium
293
0
6
1
0
-  
-  
69
217
Mangan
112
1
28
14
0
-  
-  
32
37
Nikkel
82
5
28
1
0
1
-  
45
3
Niob
2
0
0
0
0
2
-  
0
0
Scandium
0
0
0
0
-  
-  
-  
0
0
Strontium
57
2
0
3
0
38
-  
12
1
Tantal
1
1
-  
0
0
-  
-  
0
0
Vanadium
70
0
0
0
0
7
-  
62
0
Vismut
1
0
0
0
0
-  
-  
1
0
Wolfram
1
0
0
0
0
-  
-  
0
0