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

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and Aran, and areas 2015
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 902 1,234 939 2,944 265 1,163 1,164 8,610
Alt Empordà 3,788 5,721 2,525 2,473 10,110 9,886 6,064 40,569
Alt Penedès 3,466 2,312 1,915 5,659 972 4,199 3,657 22,180
Alt Urgell 588 843 552 1,443 220 257 600 4,502
Alta Ribagorça 131 178 79 162 0 113 64 728
Anoia 1,758 1,995 1,156 4,319 686 5,944 3,267 19,125
Aran 491 494 156 121 0 1,548 1,308 4,118
Bages 3,109 3,618 2,989 8,461 1,667 4,099 7,833 31,777
Baix Camp 3,948 4,682 3,550 10,176 7,561 3,330 4,049 37,298
Baix Ebre 1,589 2,043 1,103 4,174 2,917 2,058 2,683 16,567
Baix Empordà 5,459 4,247 3,341 9,759 4,989 3,586 7,439 38,820
Baix Llobregat 12,400 15,242 11,678 26,352 14,283 16,139 32,445 128,539
Baix Penedès 2,045 1,587 1,409 2,536 3,140 4,289 1,917 16,924
Barcelonès 41,418 57,656 25,395 118,388 9,481 45,597 23,917 321,852
Berguedà 853 844 799 1,684 22 1,186 632 6,019
Cerdanya 660 725 246 289 0 555 282 2,756
Conca de Barberà 508 606 356 1,395 110 706 1,491 5,173
Garraf 3,490 3,660 1,868 4,808 1,962 10,831 4,796 31,415
Garrigues 282 315 200 714 4 67 52 1,633
Garrotxa 1,412 1,937 1,439 3,184 622 1,799 1,213 11,606
Gironès 3,503 4,612 3,242 12,906 2,095 3,642 4,211 34,212
Maresme 10,028 9,079 7,758 33,006 9,510 17,122 14,939 101,442
Moianès 376 385 308 1,088 467 310 793 3,726
Montsià 1,379 1,762 1,873 5,319 1,034 2,151 3,439 16,956
Noguera 594 503 373 2,587 0 33 54 4,144
Osona 3,832 10,401 5,216 13,693 682 2,523 2,611 38,958
Pallars Jussà 317 353 188 655 7 459 155 2,135
Pallars Sobirà 316 324 231 737 4 166 299 2,078
Pla d'Urgell 726 996 865 2,941 37 401 944 6,910
Pla de l'Estany 655 998 583 1,418 1,374 206 338 5,571
Priorat 265 249 231 919 134 197 57 2,052
Ribera d'Ebre 735 587 483 1,239 348 714 513 4,619
Ripollès 732 922 453 1,406 48 713 1,199 5,473
Segarra 560 634 509 1,898 66 236 655 4,559
Segrià 2,905 3,879 2,187 6,437 781 1,947 2,206 20,341
Selva 4,140 4,819 2,592 9,364 4,002 6,716 6,327 37,960
Solsonès 367 433 262 876 43 118 274 2,373
Tarragonès 5,707 6,984 5,077 12,659 7,422 5,530 4,814 48,194
Terra Alta 335 317 294 927 0 66 111 2,051
Urgell 611 937 463 1,806 52 598 1,348 5,815
Vallès Occidental 14,270 18,074 14,867 37,909 8,752 18,220 16,597 128,688
Vallès Oriental 6,544 6,360 5,806 21,280 4,852 10,984 12,989 68,814
Catalonia 158,878 298,134 134,011 380,110 100,723 190,404 179,746 1,442,005
Metropolità 84,778 106,536 65,628 237,425 46,963 108,258 101,112 750,698
Comarques Gironines 19,689 23,255 14,176 40,510 23,240 26,548 26,791 174,210
Camp de Tarragona 11,330 13,755 10,153 28,094 15,491 10,927 11,576 101,326
Terres de l'Ebre 4,038 4,709 3,753 11,658 4,300 4,989 6,746 40,192
Ponent 5,678 7,264 4,597 16,383 941 3,282 5,259 43,404
Comarques Centrals 8,540 15,675 9,536 25,614 2,825 8,136 12,092 82,419
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2,502 2,916 1,453 3,406 231 3,099 2,708 16,316
Penedès 10,637 9,436 6,261 17,020 6,731 25,166 13,462 88,714
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: March 14, 2019.

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 "..".