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

(thousand tons)

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Treatment of agricultural and food industrial waste
Material recovery 319 252 240 194 267 254 247 583
Energy recovery 454 657 627 469 372 352 331 197
Incineration without energy recovery 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Disposed of by landfill 7 4 4 4 3 4 4 5
Treated in other ways 16 18 18 13 2 3 40 4
Total 797 933 890 681 645 613 623 790
Treatment of industrial and other economic waste
Material recovery 2 106 2 080 3 251 2 736 2 478 2 963 3 193 3 127
Energy recovery 140 187 192 191 461 616 497 296
Incineration without energy recovery 13 4 11 9 6 5 6 4
Disposed of by landfill 3 445 3 223 2 616 2 922 2 825 2 286 1 994 2 168
Treated in other ways 94 265 119 42 47 81 276 49
Total 5 797 5 759 6 189 5 900 5 818 5 951 5 965 5 644
Treatment of construction and demolition waste
Material recovery 3 051 3 063 3 165 3 475 3 651 5 694 6 133 7 011
Energy recovery 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0
Incineration without energy recovery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Disposed of by landfill 758 709 1 039 1 263 1 066 1 237 1 107 1 147
Total 3 809 3 772 4 205 4 738 4 718 6 942a 7 240 8 158
Treatment of hazardous waste
Material recovery 231 179 227 177 218 135 146 234
Energy recovery 21 11 23 26 21 31 33 37
Incineration without energy recovery 78 82 83 80 85 64 70 87
Disposed of by landfill 161 75 92 78 56 94 93 71
Treated in other ways 285 218 227 137 170 292 317 245
Total 776 565 653 498 551 616 658 674
Treatment of municipal waste
Material recovery 1 015 987 1 159 1 194 1 292 1 319 1 394 1 358
Energy recovery 364 336 373 525 554 608 501 515
Disposed of by landfill 2 608 2 415 2 181 1 991 1 888 1 825 1 851 1 919
Treated in other ways – – – – – – – –
Total 3 987 3 738 3 712b 3 710b 3 734b 3 752b 3 746b 3 791b
Municipal waste by mode of collection
Collected in traditional way 2 972 2 751 2 976 2 917 2 875 2 670 2 602 2 509
Collected by separate waste removal method 1 015 987 819 795 846 1 098 1 128 1 271
Total 3 987 3 738 3 795b 3 712b 3 721b 3 768b 3 729b 3 780b
*Source: Ministry of Innovation and Technology.  aThe sector showed significant growth in 2017 and more construction and demolition waste management permits have been issued.  bSee methodology. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2011