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					(ton)
Type	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003

Municipal Solid Waste①
Domestic②	7430	7540	7550	7520	7400
Commercial③	1250	1150	1190	1340	1430
Industrial④	590	640	560	560	610
Sub-total	9270	9330	9300	9420	9440
Construction and Demolition	7890	7480	6410	10200	6730
Waste ①⑤
Special Waste ⑥	880	1090	1110	1540	1590
Recovered Municipal Solid	4220	4810	5320	5370	6510
Waste ⑦
Total	22260	22710	22140	26530	24270


Notes:①Municipal solid waste includes domestic waste, commercial waste and industrial waste delivered to disposal facilities but excludes
construction and demolition waste and recovered municipal solid waste.
②Domestic waste covers post-consumer residential solid waste and refuse collected in public cleansing activities.
③Commercial waste covers solid waste arising from all forms of commercial activities.
④Industrial waste covers solid waste arising from industrial activities but excludes chemical waste and construction and demolition waste.
⑤Construction and demolition waste covers waste arising from construction and demolition activities but excludes material delivered to
public filling areas for land reclamation and formation.
⑥Special waste includes animal carcasses, abattoir waste, condemned goods, waterworks and sewage treatment sludge, sewage works
screening, livestock waste, clinical waste and chemical waste delivered to landfills.
⑦Municipal solid waste recovered will be recycled locally or overseas.