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

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and Aran, and areas 2019
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 1,027 1,366 1,065 2,727 160 1,580 1,497 9,423
Alt Empordà 5,710 6,549 3,599 3,084 9,182 15,227 8,912 52,263
Alt Penedès 3,533 3,146 2,563 5,738 1,194 6,382 4,711 27,267
Alt Urgell 677 999 759 1,773 173 373 607 5,361
Alta Ribagorça 157 252 137 218 0 168 117 1,049
Anoia 2,455 2,924 2,307 6,713 1,179 7,084 3,350 26,012
Aran 628 610 208 281 0 560 1,066 3,354
Bages 3,813 4,824 4,201 9,933 2,519 4,568 14,303 44,160
Baix Camp 4,654 5,948 4,633 9,938 6,653 6,848 7,225 45,899
Baix Ebre 1,973 2,570 1,488 4,205 1,838 4,391 3,725 20,190
Baix Empordà 6,487 5,733 4,557 11,616 6,011 6,441 8,953 49,798
Baix Llobregat 15,427 21,948 16,065 31,254 15,526 22,955 34,480 157,654
Baix Penedès 2,752 2,881 2,245 4,463 3,325 8,934 3,246 27,845
Barcelonès 48,168 72,966 33,517 133,439 2,636 54,739 33,767 379,233
Berguedà 1,392 1,583 1,781 4,584 72 1,145 1,271 11,827
Cerdanya 690 788 490 462 0 463 609 3,501
Conca de Barberà 579 698 495 1,641 137 993 1,043 5,585
Garraf 4,618 4,556 2,670 5,421 1,202 13,239 6,539 38,245
Garrigues 362 446 330 924 20 244 624 2,951
Garrotxa 1,485 2,407 2,069 3,998 423 3,189 1,306 14,877
Gironès 4,134 6,448 4,278 14,956 2,251 5,950 5,225 43,243
Maresme 11,935 13,979 10,486 33,018 11,402 22,505 18,057 121,382
Moianès 468 514 475 1,349 568 422 1,075 4,870
Montsià 1,552 1,858 2,144 5,049 975 2,618 4,278 18,474
Noguera 864 1,058 860 2,680 0 754 476 6,692
Osona 4,284 12,440 6,725 14,495 544 4,822 3,658 46,966
Pallars Jussà 398 509 306 609 5 825 251 2,903
Pallars Sobirà 375 376 268 824 250 212 657 2,961
Pla d'Urgell 710 1,157 965 2,513 241 626 1,480 7,692
Pla de l'Estany 825 1,263 780 1,838 1,249 344 649 6,948
Priorat 305 301 269 698 166 451 94 2,284
Ribera d'Ebre 754 652 550 1,263 247 924 581 4,971
Ripollès 896 1,176 714 1,475 55 1,033 1,477 6,825
Segarra 653 866 749 2,121 83 228 1,010 5,710
Segrià 4,092 8,833 4,860 12,336 780 3,014 3,251 37,166
Selva 5,244 6,345 4,475 14,060 4,221 9,106 7,218 50,669
Solsonès 451 614 375 868 21 427 462 3,217
Tarragonès 6,553 9,224 6,362 14,061 7,521 8,974 4,736 57,431
Terra Alta 376 372 332 1,176 5 191 49 2,502
Urgell 714 1,466 647 1,942 152 1,274 1,532 7,728
Vallès Occidental 16,933 27,372 18,768 47,016 9,835 28,747 22,825 171,496
Vallès Oriental 7,615 10,361 7,947 23,210 4,525 15,619 14,809 84,087
Catalonia 203,329 405,667 165,678 439,968 97,348 268,589 236,345 1,816,924
Metropolità 100,222 146,796 86,962 268,446 44,111 144,815 124,117 915,470
Comarques Gironines 24,781 29,921 20,471 51,027 23,393 41,289 33,741 224,622
Camp de Tarragona 13,118 17,537 12,823 29,064 14,637 18,846 14,596 120,621
Terres de l'Ebre 4,655 5,451 4,514 11,694 3,065 8,124 8,633 46,137
Ponent 7,395 13,827 8,412 22,517 1,276 6,140 8,373 67,940
Comarques Centrals 10,374 19,977 13,514 31,123 3,625 11,295 20,843 110,752
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2,926 3,533 2,168 4,166 428 2,601 3,307 19,129
Penedès 13,245 13,335 9,648 21,932 6,812 35,479 17,590 118,039
Units: Tons.
Source: Agència de Residus de Catalunya.
Note: (1) Includes selective collection of other municipal waste: batteries, medicines, textiles and other household waste.

Last update: April 16, 2021.

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 "..".