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Industrial waste. By types

Residus industrials (1). Per tipus (2) Catalonia. 2004
Especials No especials Total
Dissolvents i residus líquids amb dissolvents 111,005 0 111,005
Residus oliosos (olis, greixos i hidrocarburs) 39,142 2,742 41,884
Productes químics i fitosanitaris 1,740 3,088 4,828
Líquids i banys residuals amb metalls 28,319 3,857 32,176
Líquids i banys residuals sense metalls 18,661 1,594 20,255
Residus líquids orgànics 51,889 15 51,904
Pintures, tintes, colorants i coles 20,817 12,576 33,393
Residus salins 2,405 34,612 37,017
Residus de descontaminació 159,598 449,003 608,601
Residus de combustió 120,545 466,369 586,914
Llots de depuració 38,680 1,139,014 1,177,694
Productes caducats i residus orgànics 5,317 437,343 442,660
Residus animals 0 484,090 484,090
Residus sanitaris 26,801 1,366 28,167
Residus vegetals 0 570,995 570,995
Plàstics 0 111,452 111,452
Metalls 430 678,576 679,006
Productes minerals i ceràmics 8,689 381,890 390,579
Envasos industrials 30,036 73,812 103,848
Terres contaminades i sediments 931 18,679 19,610
Altres residus 38,862 656,359 695,221
Total 703,869 5,527,433 6,231,302
Units: Tons.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Agència de Residus de Catalunya.
Notes:
(1) Dades obtingudes a partir de les declaracions anuals dels residus industrials.
(2) Amb l'entrada en vigor del Catàleg de Residus desapareixen els inerts, que passen a considerar-se no especials o especials.

Last update: November 13, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Industrial waste
Waste derived from manufacturing or industrial activities or processes. Can be: special or non special.
Special industrial waste
Any waste included in the application of Directive 91/689/CE, of December 12.
Non special waste
That which is not included in the previous definition.

Methodological aspects

Industrial waste is presented classified by types, by activity sectors and by counties, in accordance with the new Waste catalogue. Not included is waste resulting from mining activities or from the exploitation of stone, or radioactive waste or unclassified explosives. Neither is sanitary or municipal waste included, nor that from agricultural or livestock operations that is reused by the agricultural operation, or that which is managed as wastewater.

Groupings according to Section 8 of EU Regulation 849/2010, in relation to statistics on waste:

  • 1 Agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing
  • 2 Mining industry
  • 3 Food, beverages and tobacco
  • 4 Textiles, dressmaking, leather and footwear
  • 5 Wood and cork, except furniture; basketware
  • 6 Paper, graphic arts and recorded media
  • 7 Coke products and petroleum refinery
  • 8 Chemical industries, pharmaceutical products, rubber & plastic materials
  • 9 Other non metallic mineral products
  • 10 Metallurgy and metal products
  • 11 Computer products, electronics and optics, electric machinery, mechanical, motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, other transport materials
  • 12 Furniture, manufacturing, machinery and equipment
  • 13 Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning
  • 14 Collection, supply and treat. of water, sewage, purification and others
  • 15 Collection, treatment and elimination of waste; evaluation
  • 16 Construction
  • 17 Services (except wholesale of scrap metal and waste)
  • 18 Wholesale of scrap metal and waste

In accordance with the criteria of the Industrial Waste Management Programme (PROGRIC), and on the basis of Declaration 2006, the data on industrial waste is determined in accordance with the grouping into activities: industries, treatment plants and waste managers.

The data of Industrial waste obtained from annual declarations of industrial waste.

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".