Nearly 1.837m tonnes of hazardous waste were generated in Switzerland in 2009. The figure, released earlier this week by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), represented an increase of almost 4 per cent or 71,000 tonnes compared with the year before.
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The amount of hazardous waste treated domestically rose by around 3.2 per cent to 1.586m tonnes. Around 251,000 tonnes of hazardous waste were exported, after 229,000 tonnes were transported abroad in 2008. Mineral wastes, sludge and treatment residues again made up the largest fractions of hazardous waste. Accounting for 630,000 tonnes, landfilling was the most commonly employed means of disposal. Around a third of the waste was incinerated and 17 percent was recycled or treated.
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