Norwegian Environement agency

Section for circular economy

Grensesvingen 7, Oslo

27 June 2025

27 June 2025

27 June 2025

The statistic provides a yearly estimate. The data is provided by the PROs in the EPR schemes for packaging and packaging waste. The derogation to make use of the delegated act on average loss rates has not been applied.

Table : Institutions involved in the collection of data and distribution of tasks

The R/D codes are used when exporting waste. The EPR schemes have reported the amounts recycled and in which country. Norway has no national code.

The R/D codes are used when exporting waste. The EPR schemes have reported the amounts recycled and in which country. Norway has no national code.

According to the Norwegian waste regulation, chapter 7, all producers who introduce at least 1,000 kg of a packaging type to the market per year must have a membership in a PRO approved by the Norwegian Environment Agency. The data from the PROs is the basis for the reporting on packaging and packaging waste in Norway.

Estimated amounts of wooden packagning that is repaired for reuse is taken into account in the reporting. Metals in incenartion bottom ash is included in the reporting.

Glass bottles for beverages: One minor reuse system is in place. Wooden packaging: In particular wooden pallets are reused quite extensivly. Plastic transportation packaging: several reuse system for transport packaging in plastic.

The waste and treatment types related to "other recovery" are not relevant.

The information is based on the EPR schemes reports from the PROs. Information of temporary storage of packaging waste is not available.

The PROs collect data from the members (producers).

Enterprises that produce or import more than 1000 kg packaging in/to the norwegian market.

Norway, not including Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

The statistics from the first PROs started in 2015.

Not applicable.

Tonnes

Calendar year

Norwegian Waste regulation Chapter 6 and 7.

Statistics on packaging and packaging waste are in accordance with the Commission Decision 2005/270/EC.

Unauthorised disclosure of data that identify a person or economic entity either directly or indirectly is prevented by following the Norwegian Freedom of Information act. European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Unauthorised disclosure is prevented by following the Norwegian Freedom of information act.

Not applicable

There is no release calendar.

The general statistics are available on Emballasjeavfall (miljodirektoratet.no).

Yearly.

The Norwegian environmental agency does not publish a press relase. Several of the PROs usually present their data in a news relase.

The data is not published in publications, but the generel trend is updated yealry on the following websites:

• Environmental goals 4.4:  Increasing material recycling  of waste (available in Norwegian);
• Waste types:  Packaging (including the methodology applied)  (available in Norwegian).

Anyone can access most of the information reported from the PROs in the portal einnsyn.no.

• Microdata is not accessible.
• Some microdata may be accessible on demand.

Other information collected but not transmitted to Eurostat: The coverage of waste collection in the different counties in Norway.

The PROS must report to the norwegian environment agency in accordance with the norwegian waste regulation chapter 6 and 7. The PROs are obligated to have documation on the methodology available on request.

Not available.

The agency cross-checks the data after april 1st of each year. If deviances from last year are uncovered, or any other anomaly, the PROs are asked to clearify these before we report data to eurostat.

Not available

Eurostat, statistics norway (for municipal waste) and other users.

Not applicable.

All producers or importer who supplies the market with at least 1,000 kg of a specific type of packaging per year must finance the collection, sorting, material recycling, and other treatment of used packaging and packaging waste through membership in an approved PRO. Some producers are per 2023 not part of an approved PRO. For some packaging types the amount of packaging by free riders are estimated.

An estimated 25-30 % of producers of plastic and paper/cardbord pacakging are free riders which results in uncertainty concerning total packaging and packaging waste generated and treated. For plastic packaging the amount is estimated to about 30 % and for paper/cardbourd the amount is estiamted to about 13 %. The extent of free riders is based on customs data and information in The Register of Business Enterprises. The amount for freeriders are added to energy recovery (not to recycling) - there is some uncertainty here. This is the forth year most of the EPR schemes report on reuse packaging, this may effect the data quality. In addition free-riders is an issue which also affects data quality.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in previous questions.

The information in this section is to provide an overarching understanding of the accuracy of any statistical surveys used relating to packaging waste. Some of the information may be available in other concepts.

Not applicable.

Under responsibility of PROs.

The data for the whole year of 2023 was reported from the EPR schemes to the agency by april 1 st of 2024. The data was reviewed in the months after.

The statistics are posted on the website miljøstatus.no in the same year as the data was reported. There is no fixed date.

Not applicable.

No significant changes in 2023.

The data are collected from the PROs in charge of the EPR schemes.

Not available.

Explanation detailing the causes of the tonnage difference (in relation to which waste streams, sectors or estimates have caused the difference, and what the underlying cause is) for any component of packaging waste generated and recycled which shows greater than a 10 % variation from the data submitted for the previous data year.

Not applicable.

We follow the Norwegian Freedom of information act for transparacy.

Most sourses and methods are unchanged, some new PROs are operating. Backwards correction has not been done and is not planned for.

Data reported form the PROs on packaging (glass, metal, plastics, paper and board, wood) and estimated amount for free riders based on consultent reports and official statistics for freeriders.

The waste samples for waste analysis are taken from:

The frequency of data collection depends on the PROs. The PROs are obligated to have documentation on how they collect data, and the documentation should be available on request from the authorities

For packaging and packaging waste, official statistics is not used.

Waste analysis is not used by the norwegian environement agency.

Component > 5% is included in the right material types. We have not received detailed information about the amount related to composite material.

Additional information about the methodology, including the combination of methods used:

Treatement of packaging waste is reported annualy by the different PRO schemes who have the most precise knowledge of how packaging waste is treated. The estimated amount of free riders for paper and cardboard and plastic is bases on the same metods as for 2020 reporting conducted by a consultent.

Not applicable

• Annualy reported glass packaging for beverages from one PRO in compliance with chapter 6 of the Norwegian waste regulation.
• Annually reported plastic transport packaging from one PRO in compliance with chapter 7 of the Norwegian waste regulation.
• Annually reported wood packaging from one PRO in compliance with chapter 7 of the Norwegian waste regulation.

Calculation of recycling of metals from incinerator bottom ash : Detailed description of the method to collect data in order to calculate the amount of metals separated from incineration bottom ash in accordance with the Commission Implementing Act adopted in accordance with Article 37(7) of Directive 2008/98/EC.

The report from the EPR schemes are regarded as public information. If a PRO concider that some information is competitively sensitive information (eg. country where the packaging waste is recycled), they must justify it.

The report from the EPR schemes are regarded as public information. If the PRO concider that some information is competitively sensitive information (eg. country where the packaging waste is recycled), they must justify it.

Waste shipped to EU member state or exported outside EU is handled according til (EU) 1013/2006.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

The columns in the table relate to information on verification procedures used within the national statistical reporting system to validate the accuracy of the data.

See 18.5.1.

Primary sources and their shares in the total.

 Fields not filled in: No

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered 

Primary sources and their shares in the total.

 Fields not filled in: No

(*) Necessity of a certain minimum amount of waste, turnover etc. to be registered

Packaging waste generated estimated by waste analysis

 All field: Not applicable

Glass, paper and cardboard, wood: estimates based on information from PROs on coverage/market shares Plastics: consultant company conducted a separate study of total amounts based on customs data and information from the PROs. Freeriders for plastic and paper/cardboard is estiamated based on a study conducted by the consultant.

The information is based on the EPR schemes report.

Not available

The information is based on the EPR schemes report.

Description of the sorted packaging waste to which ALRs are applied, types of sorting plants to which different ALRs apply, the methodological approach to calculating ALRs at such point(s), including the statistical accuracy of any surveys used, or the nature of any technical specifications.

 Some avergae loss rates reported from the largest PROs. 

See 18.6.1-3.

Description, where applicable, of the methodology to exclude non-packaging waste from the reported amount of recycled packaging waste and of the methodology to correct the amount of packaging waste at the measurement point in order to reflect the natural humidity rate of packaging (including by using relevant European standards). Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

 In Norway, packaging waste is collected seperatly (glass and metals, paper and cardboard, plastic).

Description of the methodology to exclude waste originating from other countries, where applicable. Aggregated data across facilities of a similar type is acceptable.

There is no methodology to exclude waste originating from other countries.

There is no official Norwegian statistical collection of data on packaging and packaging waste. The data reported are based on data from the EPR schemes.