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

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and Aran, and areas 2024
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 984 1,451 1,232 2,955 535 1,666 1,756 10,579
Alt Empordà 5,922 5,839 5,031 3,957 10,909 17,326 8,256 57,241
Alt Penedès 3,201 3,125 2,718 5,868 1,316 7,896 5,614 29,738
Alt Urgell 691 1,027 913 1,681 138 586 781 5,816
Alta Ribagorça 150 272 188 185 0 245 174 1,214
Anoia 2,411 3,371 3,047 7,261 1,241 8,366 3,704 29,400
Aran 637 613 341 246 56 752 995 3,639
Bages 4,193 5,738 6,283 11,397 2,571 5,375 15,944 51,501
Baix Camp 5,094 7,866 5,994 11,748 5,969 8,489 9,111 54,270
Baix Ebre 2,003 3,406 2,539 4,809 1,803 8,812 4,725 28,096
Baix Empordà 7,369 6,779 6,555 14,286 8,479 10,028 11,447 64,944
Baix Llobregat 15,651 23,303 16,754 35,621 14,306 22,023 34,201 161,860
Baix Penedès 3,284 3,906 3,354 6,278 6,055 11,271 5,377 39,526
Barcelonès 49,311 71,109 54,825 120,570 9,221 57,887 37,040 399,964
Berguedà 1,364 1,507 1,899 5,096 82 1,288 964 12,201
Cerdanya 779 881 553 503 0 570 613 3,898
Conca de Barberà 673 833 925 2,120 381 1,635 1,479 8,046
Garraf 4,677 5,096 3,535 7,052 1,730 10,725 6,795 39,610
Garrigues 403 541 559 1,351 205 333 229 3,622
Garrotxa 1,455 1,866 2,792 4,346 660 2,322 1,076 14,517
Gironès 4,394 5,950 5,452 18,748 1,777 6,377 5,955 48,652
Lluçanès 197 268 354 599 5 181 89 1,693
Maresme 12,014 13,731 13,448 33,057 12,007 24,754 18,796 127,807
Moianès 477 541 621 1,547 428 610 1,180 5,403
Montsià 1,697 1,929 1,917 4,568 1,334 2,986 5,846 20,276
Noguera 864 1,346 1,165 2,843 696 710 559 8,184
Osona 4,249 10,084 9,197 17,281 470 5,541 4,738 51,560
Pallars Jussà 427 608 337 548 290 1,054 388 3,650
Pallars Sobirà 434 417 297 793 315 379 612 3,246
Pla d'Urgell 826 1,113 1,038 2,364 179 867 1,946 8,333
Pla de l'Estany 901 1,501 1,301 2,720 1,496 266 684 8,869
Priorat 284 320 360 841 31 520 94 2,450
Ribera d'Ebre 589 726 726 1,486 49 850 485 4,912
Ripollès 939 1,217 897 1,707 64 1,174 1,797 7,795
Segarra 567 848 784 1,939 36 517 485 5,175
Segrià 3,920 9,060 5,266 11,420 1,067 3,309 3,108 37,151
Selva 5,695 5,919 6,321 17,596 4,876 11,070 8,580 60,056
Solsonès 534 705 621 1,644 151 352 891 4,898
Tarragonès 6,793 9,769 8,166 17,354 6,532 8,614 5,946 63,174
Terra Alta 350 395 443 951 0 393 351 2,883
Urgell 863 1,683 1,385 2,845 213 1,500 1,656 10,144
Vallès Occidental 17,605 28,957 22,773 46,557 13,447 28,499 26,802 184,640
Vallès Oriental 8,546 12,654 11,492 27,957 5,702 18,999 14,229 99,579
Catalonia 193,191 410,764 227,245 457,222 116,823 297,114 255,498 1,965,329
Metropolità 103,267 149,924 119,504 264,275 54,855 152,511 131,246 975,580
Comarques Gironines 26,676 29,071 28,349 63,361 28,262 48,561 37,795 262,075
Camp de Tarragona 13,828 20,239 16,676 35,018 13,448 20,924 18,386 138,519
Terres de l'Ebre 4,638 6,455 5,625 11,814 3,186 13,040 11,408 56,167
Ponent 7,443 14,591 10,197 22,763 2,396 7,236 7,983 72,608
Comarques Centrals 10,998 18,872 18,983 37,622 3,580 13,203 23,832 127,090
Alt Pirineu i Aran 3,118 3,817 2,628 3,956 799 3,585 3,562 21,465
Penedès 13,451 15,299 12,434 25,886 10,298 38,054 21,286 136,710
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: June 9, 2026.

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.

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 "..".