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Municipal waste. By type of treatment method

Municipal waste. Landfill
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 124 (p) Provisional value 235 (p) Provisional value 118
2021 140 (p) Provisional value 219 117
2020 141 228 122
2019 148 241 124
2018 160 255 125
2017 167 242 127
2016 170 251 127
2015 159 261 127
2014 172 259 134
2013 164 253 142
2012 176 284 153
2011 142 305 167
2010 194 318 178
2009 221 314 186
2008 251 285 190
2007 267 344 199
2006 299 353 202
2005 304 288 202
2004 318 304 215
2003 327 360 229
2002 363 355 241
2001 361 360 250
2000 366 334 262
Units: Kg/inhab./year.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Waste Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
Municipal waste. Incineration
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 80 (p) Provisional value 52 (p) Provisional value 131
2021 83 (p) Provisional value 51 138
2020 74 46 138
2019 81 52 131
2018 83 55 131
2017 85 60 131
2016 92 56 129
2015 85 58 128
2014 83 52 128
2013 77 53 125
2012 76 45 122
2011 64 50 125
2010 67 44 121
2009 85 48 117
2008 74 47 116
2007 79 57 112
2006 93 54 111
2005 98 44 103
2004 106 31 95
2003 113 42 90
2002 97 38 90
2001 110 36 87
2000 115 36 84
Units: Kg/inhab./year.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Waste Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
Municipal waste. Material recycling
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 183 (p) Provisional value 88 (p) Provisional value 153
2021 186 (p) Provisional value 93 162
2020 182 81 154
2019 180 93 150
2018 165 86 147
2017 153 87 147
2016 143 85 145
2015 144 84 141
2014 137 76 134
2013 133 70 128
2012 144 91 130
2011 164 81 128
2010 172 90 125
2009 166 82 123
2008 157 85 120
2007 158 77 119
2006 157 82 109
2005 145 84 105
2004 129 87 100
2003 112 89 100
2002 97 92 100
2001 90 72 92
2000 73 44 87
Units: Kg/inhab./year.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Waste Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
Municipal waste. Composting and digestion
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
2022 57 (p) Provisional value 92 (p) Provisional value 96
2021 57 (p) Provisional value 105 102
2020 54 93 97
2019 57 86 87
2018 55 80 84
2017 51 84 84
2016 51 72 81
2015 51 53 75
2014 51 62 73
2013 51 77 71
2012 52 48 69
2011 55 49 66
2010 55 59 66
2009 46 97 67
2008 43 134 69
2007 42 99 64
2006 36 102 61
2005 31 100 59
2004 26 98 59
2003 23 96 57
2002 16 94 57
2001 6 67 54
2000 5 77 53
Units: Kg/inhab./year.
Source Catalonia: Ministry of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. Catalan Waste Agency. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.

Last update: October 22, 2024.

RESMC

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Municipal Waste (RESMC).

Methodological note

This indicator presents the amount of municipal waste generated as measured in kg per person per year.

It consists of waste collected by the municipal authorities and disposed of through the waste management system. The bulk of this waste stream is from households, commerce, offices and public institutions are included.

The annual amount of waste is divided by the population in the year in question. For Catalonia the population on 1 July is used.

According to Eurostat questionnaire guidelines, the waste includes the following types of materials: paper, paperboard and paper products, plastics, glass, metals, food and garden waste and textiles.

Landfill is defined as deposit of waste into or onto land; it includes specially engineered landfills and temporary storage of over one year on permanent sites. The definition covers both landfill in internal sites (i.e. where a generator of waste is carrying out its own waste disposal at the place of generation) and in external sites.

Incineration means thermal treatment of waste in an incineration plant or a co-incineration plant. The bulk of this waste stream is from households, commerce, offices and public institutions.

The Catalonia composting data refers to treatment of selectively collected organic fraction of municipal waste (OFMSW). From year 2012, composting data also includes information about autocomposting.

Provisional data.

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