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

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and Aran, and areas 2016
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 955 1,233 960 2,794 310 1,187 828 8,267
Alt Empordà 4,961 5,851 2,680 1,790 8,858 9,261 5,572 38,972
Alt Penedès 2,984 2,341 1,973 5,609 777 4,071 3,396 21,152
Alt Urgell 658 931 601 1,558 187 269 675 4,879
Alta Ribagorça 139 187 87 164 0 131 78 786
Anoia 1,819 2,092 1,223 4,272 805 5,449 3,461 19,120
Aran 512 522 172 171 0 1,622 1,599 4,597
Bages 3,147 3,863 3,049 8,352 1,769 6,480 7,379 34,039
Baix Camp 4,318 4,705 3,754 10,395 8,124 4,688 5,605 41,590
Baix Ebre 1,576 2,117 1,127 4,113 2,456 2,057 2,980 16,425
Baix Empordà 5,790 4,780 3,430 10,146 4,948 4,624 8,144 41,861
Baix Llobregat 12,597 15,867 12,355 25,931 12,184 17,312 31,359 127,606
Baix Penedès 2,033 1,797 1,498 2,483 2,821 5,121 2,556 18,309
Barcelonès 42,295 56,099 26,606 118,553 8,551 49,816 26,266 328,186
Berguedà 875 968 895 1,587 25 586 722 5,658
Cerdanya 679 714 265 257 0 741 337 2,993
Conca de Barberà 499 651 368 1,420 129 836 1,509 5,411
Garraf 2,482 3,764 2,033 4,579 825 11,983 5,829 31,494
Garrigues 308 368 242 714 10 155 317 2,114
Garrotxa 1,363 1,994 1,530 3,214 592 2,871 1,460 13,024
Gironès 3,449 4,851 3,397 12,859 2,283 5,462 4,627 36,930
Maresme 10,321 9,380 8,049 32,834 9,794 20,255 14,903 105,534
Moianès 381 422 322 1,057 474 466 718 3,840
Montsià 1,374 1,691 1,838 5,165 586 2,252 3,856 16,761
Noguera 671 538 406 2,460 0 81 119 4,275
Osona 3,858 10,884 5,042 13,383 671 3,410 2,688 39,935
Pallars Jussà 306 449 204 573 7 202 140 1,882
Pallars Sobirà 409 343 260 774 185 153 334 2,457
Pla d'Urgell 721 1,035 846 2,537 34 502 905 6,580
Pla de l'Estany 653 1,050 592 1,449 1,298 230 345 5,617
Priorat 290 270 237 777 192 288 60 2,114
Ribera d'Ebre 798 611 490 1,294 444 822 458 4,917
Ripollès 763 960 485 1,424 44 766 1,358 5,799
Segarra 545 659 494 1,829 86 295 690 4,597
Segrià 2,964 4,201 2,216 6,666 743 2,336 1,792 20,919
Selva 4,425 4,800 2,629 10,027 3,294 6,355 5,425 36,956
Solsonès 376 468 270 804 18 148 321 2,406
Tarragonès 6,892 6,805 5,010 12,602 7,870 6,076 5,381 50,637
Terra Alta 353 344 301 1,042 4 104 38 2,187
Urgell 592 968 473 1,790 53 573 1,652 6,101
Vallès Occidental 14,421 18,728 14,570 37,703 8,017 20,955 18,165 132,560
Vallès Oriental 6,729 6,645 6,014 20,999 4,553 11,477 12,824 69,242
Catalonia 166,267 263,688 139,245 378,150 94,018 212,469 186,872 1,440,708
Metropolità 86,484 106,855 67,724 236,485 43,194 119,991 103,721 764,455
Comarques Gironines 21,405 24,286 14,742 40,909 21,317 29,569 26,930 179,159
Camp de Tarragona 12,955 13,664 10,329 27,988 16,625 13,075 13,383 108,020
Terres de l'Ebre 4,100 4,763 3,756 11,614 3,489 5,236 7,333 40,290
Ponent 5,801 7,769 4,676 15,997 926 3,942 5,475 44,585
Comarques Centrals 8,626 16,580 9,535 25,005 2,980 11,003 11,696 85,425
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2,704 3,146 1,588 3,497 379 3,118 3,163 17,594
Penedès 9,208 9,884 6,638 16,655 5,108 26,535 15,171 89,201
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 "..".