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Municipal waste. By destination. Counties and Aran, and areas

Municipal waste. By destination. Counties and Aran, and areas 2021
Non selective collection
Generation coefficient (kg/inh/day) Landfill Incinerator Mechanical and biological treatment Selective colletion Total
Alt Camp 1.43 0 7,121 5,130 11,184 23,435
Alt Empordà 2.16 10,258 0 48,636 54,416 113,311
Alt Penedès 1.58 32,371 0 838 30,295 63,504
Alt Urgell 1.43 5,097 0 0 5,543 10,640
Alta Ribagorça 1.57 1,111 0 0 1,145 2,256
Anoia 1.40 28,760 0 4,526 30,138 63,423
Aran 2.06 4,486 0 0 3,311 7,796
Bages 1.37 42,541 0 0 48,106 90,648
Baix Camp 1.59 0 45,619 15,942 51,943 113,503
Baix Ebre 1.66 26,988 0 0 20,616 47,604
Baix Empordà 2.29 34,096 0 24,991 55,522 114,608
Baix Llobregat 1.29 22,761 4,958 200,245 164,861 392,825
Baix Penedès 1.86 6,014 2,402 36,220 30,255 74,892
Barcelonès 1.20 62,845 17,056 551,541 370,294 1,001,736
Berguedà 1.29 5,909 0 0 12,968 18,877
Cerdanya 1.92 1,237 8,413 0 3,843 13,492
Conca de Barberà 1.40 2,016 0 0 8,284 10,300
Garraf 1.65 52,107 0 0 40,558 92,665
Garrigues 1.08 4,397 0 0 3,088 7,486
Garrotxa 1.26 13,485 0 0 13,815 27,300
Gironès 1.21 24,029 1,057 15,719 46,349 87,155
Maresme 1.50 5,501 6,671 116,202 123,397 251,771
Moianès 1.56 2,284 0 579 5,264 8,126
Montsià 1.51 18,775 0 0 18,835 37,610
Noguera 1.24 10,259 0 0 7,423 17,683
Osona 1.26 313 0 23,444 51,873 75,629
Pallars Jussà 1.51 4,014 0 0 3,238 7,252
Pallars Sobirà 2.02 1,964 0 0 3,267 5,231
Pla d'Urgell 1.27 8,695 0 0 8,328 17,022
Pla de l'Estany 1.35 8,938 0 0 7,243 16,180
Priorat 1.25 2,028 0 0 2,175 4,203
Ribera d'Ebre 1.18 4,817 0 0 4,614 9,431
Ripollès 1.59 0 0 7,105 7,666 14,770
Segarra 1.23 4,246 0 0 6,268 10,514
Segrià 1.19 53,116 0 0 38,742 91,858
Selva 1.68 8,270 0 49,141 50,446 107,856
Solsonès 1.34 546 0 2,750 3,364 6,660
Tarragonès 1.57 126 89,548 281 60,459 150,414
Terra Alta 1.14 1,761 0 0 2,983 4,744
Urgell 1.33 8,914 0 0 9,147 18,061
Vallès Occidental 1.20 4,247 880 222,197 184,950 412,274
Vallès Oriental 1.35 544 1,146 109,192 93,714 204,595
Catalonia 1.42 529,865 184,871 1,434,677 1,880,596 4,030,008
Metropolità 1.26 96,111 30,712 1,199,907 939,049 2,265,779
Comarques Gironines 1.71 99,076 1,057 145,591 235,456 481,181
Camp de Tarragona 1.56 4,169 142,287 21,353 134,045 301,854
Terres de l'Ebre 1.51 52,342 0 0 47,048 99,389
Ponent 1.21 89,627 0 0 72,996 162,623
Comarques Centrals 1.32 52,000 0 26,241 121,086 199,327
Alt Pirineu i Aran 1.72 17,908 8,413 0 20,347 46,668
Penedès 1.62 118,632 2,402 41,584 129,901 292,520
Units: Tons.
Source: Agència de Residus de Catalunya.
Note: Recollida no selectiva de residus (fracció resta) per destí primari.

Last update: April 19, 2023.

RESMC

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

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Landfill
Place where waste is dumped above or underground, including internal landfills (located in the place where the waste is produced) and not including facilities where waste is dumped to be prepared for posterior transport for recuperation, treatment or elimination somewhere else, or the temporary dumping of waste (less than two years for non-dangerous waste and six months for dangerous waste) before being eliminated.
Incineration
Controlled technical process that uses thermal decomposition, usually by means of oxidisation, to turn waste into less voluminous, non-toxic or non-harmful materials. The thermal destruction of waste involves exposing it to high temperatures, almost always in an oxidant medium. For waste to be destroyed by incineration, it must consist totally or partially of components that are combustible or that can be adapted to such a condition.
Methanisation
Anaerobic digestion. This involves controlled fermentation of the organic matter. The biological organisms that degrade the matter need an oxygen-free (anaerobic) atmosphere. This process releases biogas.
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.
Mechanical and biological treatment
Treatment that is applied to both selectively collected and non-selectively collected organic matter before the final disposal. It consists of mechanically separating and classifying recyclable materials that may have been left in the waste, and treating the remaining organic matter through biological processes (composting or methanation).

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 "..".