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

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and areas 2014
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 947 1,226 938 2,984 326 1,053 1,476 8,950
Alt Empordà 5,116 5,600 2,561 1,996 12,610 8,779 6,150 42,812
Alt Penedès 3,212 2,090 1,916 5,780 904 3,278 3,375 20,554
Alt Urgell 586 866 512 1,385 179 236 531 4,296
Alta Ribagorça 115 163 73 130 0 105 57 642
Anoia 1,699 2,036 1,116 4,225 707 2,495 2,212 14,491
Bages 3,275 3,765 3,057 8,910 2,010 5,696 6,057 32,770
Baix Camp 4,010 4,783 3,535 10,474 7,833 4,936 4,555 40,126
Baix Ebre 1,564 2,020 1,098 4,329 3,597 2,016 2,833 17,456
Baix Empordà 5,294 4,129 2,999 9,198 5,178 4,275 6,682 37,755
Baix Llobregat 12,609 14,857 10,723 27,294 17,451 14,549 31,163 128,646
Baix Penedès 2,169 1,635 1,391 2,758 2,641 3,079 1,999 15,673
Barcelonès 40,415 54,652 24,783 118,272 11,504 42,075 23,721 315,422
Berguedà 794 782 687 1,681 18 399 538 4,900
Cerdanya 590 769 227 408 0 150 251 2,394
Conca de Barberà 520 623 346 1,499 334 740 1,260 5,322
Garraf 3,725 3,345 1,906 4,856 2,601 9,115 5,081 30,630
Garrigues 279 301 172 745 0 58 36 1,592
Garrotxa 1,322 1,828 1,368 3,243 478 1,592 1,352 11,182
Gironès 3,583 4,431 3,013 12,531 1,861 3,522 3,999 32,939
Maresme 9,648 8,515 7,397 30,956 9,338 18,291 15,265 99,412
Montsià 1,339 1,825 1,842 5,401 649 1,963 3,197 16,216
Noguera 605 457 387 2,685 15 97 44 4,292
Osona 3,657 10,212 4,898 13,700 731 2,220 2,601 38,020
Pallars Jussà 335 403 230 571 41 439 141 2,160
Pallars Sobirà 290 304 127 178 0 91 216 1,205
Pla d'Urgell 733 867 831 2,858 38 488 764 6,579
Pla de l'Estany 636 1,016 561 1,381 1,401 210 269 5,475
Priorat 286 253 226 882 142 191 41 2,021
Ribera d'Ebre 773 573 473 1,344 317 683 490 4,653
Ripollès 708 958 465 1,473 68 1,202 1,057 5,930
Segarra 556 725 516 1,865 53 209 525 4,449
Segrià 2,857 3,724 2,167 6,657 543 1,817 2,499 20,264
Selva 4,075 4,606 2,502 9,270 2,789 4,108 5,515 32,866
Solsonès 368 435 255 811 37 97 230 2,234
Tarragonès 5,691 7,120 5,218 13,158 7,574 5,918 4,586 49,266
Terra Alta 348 322 288 950 5 57 10 1,980
Urgell 615 781 439 1,752 54 516 1,380 5,536
Val d'Aran 479 352 124 60 0 1,209 400 2,625
Vallès Occidental 13,956 17,503 15,147 40,416 9,318 16,487 15,780 128,608
Vallès Oriental 6,398 6,222 5,794 22,167 5,824 10,796 12,188 69,389
Catalonia 162,447 271,427 129,956 381,233 109,171 175,235 170,530 1,400,000
Metropolità 83,027 101,749 63,845 239,105 53,436 102,198 98,117 741,477
Comarques Gironines 20,734 22,567 13,468 39,092 24,384 23,688 25,025 168,957
Camp de Tarragona 11,454 14,006 10,263 28,998 16,209 12,838 11,918 105,686
Terres de l'Ebre 4,024 4,741 3,701 12,022 4,568 4,719 6,530 40,306
Ponent 5,644 6,856 4,512 16,563 703 3,185 5,249 42,712
Comarques Centrals 8,213 15,319 8,979 25,405 2,868 8,551 9,544 78,879
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2,394 2,858 1,293 2,731 220 2,230 1,596 13,322
Penedès 10,687 8,982 6,246 17,317 6,783 17,827 12,550 80,392
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: July 30, 2015.

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.

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 "..".