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Industrial waste. By types

Residus industrials (1). Per tipus (2) Catalonia. 2003
Especials No especials Total
Dissolvents i residus líquids amb dissolvents 117,782 0 117,782
Residus oliosos (olis, greixos i hidrocarburs) 37,191 2,591 39,782
Productes químics i fitosanitaris 2,998 3,076 6,073
Líquids i banys residuals amb metalls 25,745 1,115 26,861
Líquids i banys residuals sense metalls 19,080 1,776 20,856
Residus líquids orgànics 44,945 13 44,958
Pintures, tintes, colorants i coles 17,917 15,001 32,918
Residus salins 2,733 88,133 90,865
Residus de descontaminació 135,382 364,432 499,814
Residus de combustió 102,561 360,845 463,406
Llots de depuració 37,401 1,042,019 1,079,420
Productes caducats i residus orgànics 9,099 424,721 433,621
Residus animals 0 484,372 484,372
Residus sanitaris 19,897 2,616 22,514
Residus vegetals 0 514,115 514,115
Plàstics 0 98,412 98,412
Metalls 843 634,324 635,167
Productes minerals i ceràmics 13,031 325,224 338,255
Envasos industrials 27,989 73,410 101,399
Terres contaminades i sediments 1,665 6,345 8,010
Altres residus 29,471 776,857 806,328
Total 645,729 5,219,398 5,865,126
Units: Tons.
Source: Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge. Agència de Residus de Catalunya.
Notes:
(1) Dades obtingudes a partir de les declaracions anuals dels residus industrials.
(2) Amb l'entrada en vigor del Catàleg de Residus desapareixen els inerts, que passen a considerar-se no especials o especials.

Last update: November 13, 2009.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Industrial waste
Waste derived from manufacturing or industrial activities or processes. Can be: special or non special.
Special industrial waste
Any waste included in the application of Directive 91/689/CE, of December 12.
Non special waste
That which is not included in the previous definition.

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.

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 "..".