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Industrial waste. By sectors of activity

Industrial waste. By economic activity sectors (CCAE-2009) Catalonia
2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 6,665 7,944 4,314 7,655 6,428 6,767 6,582 8,238 7,362 7,625 4,564 6,487 7,400
Mining industries 16,695 12,316 15,210 16,710 53,889 51,770 18,261 9,238 22,402 21,380 8,959 15,393 12,560 10,585 15,988
Food, beverages and tobacco 870,347 858,363 851,369 910,111 878,642 933,345 911,480 938,405 905,659 911,263 923,698 921,058 956,270 1,025,580 1,148,688
Textiles, dressmaking, leather and footwear 61,321 61,562 68,087 68,657 62,688 69,970 72,388 70,940 69,208 59,919 58,968 61,801 57,205 67,086 74,459
Wood and cork, except furniture; basketware 24,643 37,755 24,796 32,417 28,579 29,171 29,479 26,847 24,337 22,914 33,452 32,851 45,453 54,680 58,618
Paper, graphic arts and recorded media 447,679 433,552 381,849 377,860 350,157 391,490 383,373 426,797 380,500 382,336 466,459 488,252 429,127 445,997 452,715
Coke products and petroleum refinery 8,802 10,128 12,262 10,593 9,296 9,420 10,625 11,546 12,802 13,527 13,081 17,481 11,882 15,659 10,933
Chemical ind., pharmaceutical prod., rubber & plastic mat. 681,208 665,980 725,809 731,909 675,964 676,531 670,072 645,367 628,319 590,073 609,109 558,945 604,561 655,132 648,745
Other non metallic mineral products 240,881 257,301 198,232 214,291 185,843 175,820 183,763 148,221 148,959 146,777 146,681 149,719 162,680 220,773 251,622
Metallurgy and metal products 688,866 729,482 692,776 776,860 666,107 800,028 799,022 818,090 801,202 812,727 771,212 795,659 808,380 862,768 842,350
Computer prod., elect. and optics, electric mach., mechanical, motor v., trailers and semi-trailers, other trans. mat. 314,026 297,647 257,276 285,671 273,321 347,746 374,615 381,854 341,679 378,962 356,009 345,349 338,757 364,431 359,679
Furniture, manufacturing, machinery and equipment 83,517 77,656 86,632 69,431 48,195 54,322 51,380 50,598 43,518 36,565 35,182 35,395 37,654 40,101 43,454
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning 45,501 40,590 16,794 22,370 14,419 20,302 30,070 19,434 19,785 27,498 33,547 59,145 21,024 18,903 83,699
Collection, supply and treat. of water, sewage, purific. and oth. 8,575 23,199 91,855 76,008 71,602 59,153 79,142 87,804 70,111 68,714 44,314 31,042 26,184 13,414 11,569
Collection, treatment and elimin. of waste; evaluation 98,559 96,007 27,604 27,187 25,791 30,260 38,357 22,638 14,657 15,450 11,785 11,974 8,353 10,127 21,262
Construction .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 32,223 38,135 18,987 20,603 15,741 11,136 9,335 7,806 5,990 5,935 6,150 14,730 13,435
Services (except wholesale of scrap metal and waste) .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 179,684 151,599 150,954 134,417 128,507 117,516 118,939 84,031 80,527 90,909 87,751 99,542 82,082
Wholesale of scrap metal and waste .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1,129 9,637 22 258 264 151 85 108 130 216 684 1,359 919
Total 3,590,621 3,601,537 3,670,252 3,827,388 3,518,770 3,812,261 3,802,967 3,793,349 3,618,079 3,588,288 3,606,465 3,628,749 3,619,239 3,927,354 4,127,617
Units: Tons.
Source: Agència de Residus de Catalunya.
Note: From 2023 onwards, only data from companies required to submit the annual declaration of industrial waste are considered, that is, those belonging to sections B, C, D or E of the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities (CCAE-2009). This excludes, among others, activities in agriculture, livestock, forestry and fisheries, construction, trade and services, among others, are excluded. Data are not strictly comparable with those of previous years.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: September 15, 2026. Revised series on September 21, 2026.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Industrial waste
Waste derived from manufacturing or industrial activities or processes. Can be: special or non special.

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.

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 "..".