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Industrial waste. By types

Residus industrials (1). Per tipus (2) Catalonia. 2005
Especials No especials Total
Dissolvents i residus líquids amb dissolvents 111,532 0 111,532
Residus oliosos (olis, greixos i hidrocarburs) 58,164 5,017 63,181
Productes químics i fitosanitaris 1,726 1,308 3,034
Líquids i banys residuals amb metalls 28,458 6,638 35,096
Líquids i banys residuals sense metalls 15,212 967 16,179
Residus líquids orgànics 63,706 14 63,720
Pintures, tintes, colorants i coles 21,113 13,440 34,553
Residus salins 2,238 34,097 36,335
Residus de descontaminació 187,073 441,022 628,095
Residus de combustió 127,540 545,946 673,486
Llots de depuració 35,855 1,087,271 1,123,126
Productes caducats i residus orgànics 9,622 412,286 421,908
Residus animals 0 514,237 514,237
Residus sanitaris 27,346 6,155 33,501
Residus vegetals 0 552,736 552,736
Plàstics 0 126,442 126,442
Metalls 362 663,683 664,045
Productes minerals i ceràmics 8,563 391,775 400,338
Envasos industrials 42,171 72,574 114,745
Terres contaminades i sediments 1,348 17,747 19,095
Altres residus 44,058 690,420 734,478
Total 786,087 5,583,775 6,369,862
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 "..".