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Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and Aran, and areas

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and areas 2013
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 986 1,246 914 2,986 379 937 770 8,218
Alt Empordà 4,670 5,229 2,137 2,054 10,706 7,709 5,844 38,349
Alt Penedès 3,258 2,024 1,912 5,742 826 3,529 2,997 20,288
Alt Urgell 626 907 488 1,341 144 239 500 4,246
Alta Ribagorça 110 141 65 122 0 94 52 585
Anoia 1,704 1,893 1,117 4,011 569 1,415 1,222 11,932
Bages 3,222 3,872 2,961 8,759 1,970 4,966 6,015 31,764
Baix Camp 4,076 5,148 3,504 10,733 7,211 3,433 7,688 41,793
Baix Ebre 1,575 2,059 1,125 4,707 4,702 1,897 3,669 19,732
Baix Empordà 5,350 4,070 2,753 8,642 4,742 3,734 5,977 35,268
Baix Llobregat 12,510 14,694 10,872 27,692 12,530 15,851 33,674 127,822
Baix Penedès 2,342 1,474 1,360 2,727 2,073 2,539 1,644 14,158
Barcelonès 40,412 54,627 24,777 118,334 9,952 37,936 23,808 309,845
Berguedà 823 796 609 1,650 19 377 525 4,799
Cerdanya 601 794 231 297 0 248 268 2,440
Conca de Barberà 520 619 340 1,515 99 722 1,270 5,084
Garraf 3,820 3,347 1,923 4,958 2,569 12,416 4,398 33,431
Garrigues 274 305 186 735 1 76 60 1,636
Garrotxa 1,367 1,895 1,307 3,235 469 1,446 1,051 10,771
Gironès 3,172 4,062 3,338 9,478 1,672 2,742 3,277 27,742
Maresme 9,761 8,674 7,343 30,469 8,653 14,492 15,724 95,115
Montsià 1,395 2,000 1,873 5,569 586 1,970 3,250 16,643
Noguera 657 432 379 2,464 4 111 41 4,088
Osona 3,859 10,192 4,470 13,415 639 1,830 1,960 36,363
Pallars Jussà 384 465 249 506 148 215 130 2,095
Pallars Sobirà 317 310 119 178 19 94 214 1,251
Pla d'Urgell 894 1,025 1,007 2,851 63 273 321 6,434
Pla de l'Estany 639 978 555 1,356 1,266 190 254 5,238
Priorat 276 263 236 758 132 120 59 1,845
Ribera d'Ebre 727 614 469 1,381 270 762 555 4,779
Ripollès 752 940 477 1,519 51 982 981 5,702
Segarra 541 578 610 1,955 78 274 467 4,504
Segrià 2,928 3,643 2,115 6,621 758 1,702 1,276 19,042
Selva 3,958 4,317 2,371 9,342 2,549 4,347 4,926 31,810
Solsonès 357 471 258 747 32 117 216 2,199
Tarragonès 5,651 7,047 5,052 15,440 6,625 6,019 4,304 50,138
Terra Alta 332 309 273 1,182 1 84 9 2,189
Urgell 576 978 433 1,794 38 560 982 5,362
Val d'Aran 423 276 55 8 0 968 544 2,275
Vallès Occidental 14,128 17,763 15,083 40,618 8,684 14,672 16,401 127,348
Vallès Oriental 6,526 6,431 5,618 21,798 10,982 9,450 12,822 73,626
Non county 11,740 85,518 16,610 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 113,868
Catalonia 158,241 262,428 127,574 379,685 102,209 161,536 170,143 1,361,816
Metropolità 83,336 102,189 63,692 238,909 50,800 92,401 102,429 733,756
Comarques Gironines 19,909 21,491 12,939 35,625 21,455 21,150 22,310 154,878
Camp de Tarragona 11,509 14,323 10,046 31,432 14,446 11,231 14,092 107,078
Terres de l'Ebre 4,030 4,982 3,740 12,838 5,559 4,712 7,482 43,343
Ponent 5,870 6,963 4,730 16,420 942 2,996 3,146 41,066
Comarques Centrals 8,261 15,331 8,298 24,570 2,660 7,289 8,716 75,126
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2,462 2,893 1,208 2,452 311 1,859 1,707 12,891
Penedès 11,124 8,738 6,312 17,438 6,037 19,899 10,261 79,809
Units: Tons.
Source: Agència de Residus de Catalunya.
Note: (1) Includes selective collection of other municipal waste: batteries, medicines, textiles and other household waste.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: November 24, 2014.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Selective collection
Differentiated collection of fermentable organic materials and recyclable materials, and any other system of differentiated collection that enables the separation of useful materials contained in waste.
Municipal waste
Domestic waste and waste from shops, services, offices and other waste that, due to its nature or composition, may be similar to domestic waste.

Methodological aspects

The European Union indicates that one of the areas of political action is waste management, in accordance with the basic principles of generating the minimum amount and managing it efficiently.

The availability of regular, representative and reliable data on the generation, collection and treatment of waste provides information describing the situation and state of waste, as well as making comparison between different territories possible.

The Catalan Waste Agency publishes annual data on the generation of municipal waste, on the basis of data provided by different local entities responsible for the collection and treatment of municipal waste.

From 2003, including for the calculation of generation per capita, the registered population has been used. In 2002, the Population and Housing Census 2001 was used, and in 2001 and 2000 the Population Statistics 1996 were used. Note that the seasonal tourist population supported by some municipalities has a higher generation of waste per capita.

In terms of selective collection, the difference between the total from adding the geographic partials (counties and areas of the territorial plan) and the total published for Catalonia is due to the existence of commercial waste that cannot be attributed to specific territories. The "Others" category includes waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), batteries, medications, textiles, rubble and other special waste. Home composting, which was considered for the first time in 2012, has been included in the "Organic Material" category.

Provisional data.

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 "..".