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

Municipal waste. Selective collection. Counties and Aran, and areas 2017
Glass Paper and cardboard Lightweight plastic and metal packaging Organic material Pruning & gardening Heavy waste and wood Others (1) Total
Alt Camp 929 1,244 958 2,724 1,230 1,261 997 9,343
Alt Empordà 5,114 5,841 2,809 2,158 8,548 11,773 4,952 41,195
Alt Penedès 3,250 2,380 2,198 5,792 927 4,915 3,573 23,036
Alt Urgell 617 937 623 1,544 146 293 771 4,931
Alta Ribagorça 132 201 102 178 0 123 95 831
Anoia 1,998 2,341 1,431 4,336 668 5,999 4,216 20,987
Aran 514 478 142 266 0 1,827 1,281 4,508
Bages 3,216 3,966 3,206 8,405 1,718 3,501 11,470 35,482
Baix Camp 4,103 4,775 3,866 10,235 7,832 5,354 7,043 43,208
Baix Ebre 1,590 2,151 1,144 4,196 1,865 2,399 3,411 16,756
Baix Empordà 6,131 5,124 3,780 10,577 6,296 6,552 8,074 46,535
Baix Llobregat 13,438 17,041 13,288 25,675 13,530 22,612 30,622 136,206
Baix Penedès 2,154 2,072 1,686 3,421 2,958 6,095 2,402 20,788
Barcelonès 44,111 55,072 27,729 120,009 7,856 43,689 30,964 329,430
Berguedà 866 1,048 927 1,786 31 728 814 6,201
Cerdanya 679 752 332 275 0 559 408 3,005
Conca de Barberà 536 652 392 1,484 138 768 1,450 5,420
Garraf 4,161 3,500 2,183 4,962 899 10,584 5,741 32,029
Garrigues 308 357 246 752 0 142 152 1,958
Garrotxa 1,444 2,156 1,730 3,361 561 2,901 1,366 13,519
Gironès 3,549 5,022 3,590 13,331 2,094 6,084 4,935 38,606
Maresme 11,477 10,461 9,066 33,053 10,239 22,839 15,672 112,808
Moianès 398 426 363 1,057 619 328 843 4,035
Montsià 1,442 1,648 1,931 5,132 837 2,118 3,715 16,823
Noguera 665 537 424 2,413 0 338 156 4,533
Osona 4,013 10,911 5,345 13,474 556 3,764 2,829 40,893
Pallars Jussà 383 444 241 596 5 742 209 2,619
Pallars Sobirà 367 394 257 816 121 167 441 2,564
Pla d'Urgell 704 1,044 863 2,570 29 532 1,011 6,754
Pla de l'Estany 697 1,018 622 1,436 1,247 241 329 5,591
Priorat 288 254 249 901 71 275 109 2,147
Ribera d'Ebre 784 640 504 1,095 318 1,026 646 5,013
Ripollès 771 1,014 525 1,338 45 810 1,310 5,814
Segarra 556 655 526 1,876 124 337 760 4,834
Segrià 3,113 6,043 2,547 7,647 908 2,452 2,723 25,431
Selva 4,524 4,569 2,930 10,566 3,215 6,385 7,352 39,540
Solsonès 398 458 294 746 15 244 362 2,519
Tarragonès 5,997 7,817 5,311 13,451 8,725 6,444 5,024 52,770
Terra Alta 354 317 310 1,188 3 125 18 2,314
Urgell 633 1,033 496 1,855 65 814 1,726 6,621
Vallès Occidental 14,950 19,916 15,433 37,870 8,655 26,445 19,278 142,546
Vallès Oriental 6,686 6,834 6,439 21,241 4,162 12,114 13,546 71,021
Catalonia 181,377 296,075 145,790 385,786 97,256 226,699 202,797 1,535,780
Metropolità 90,793 109,464 72,095 238,300 44,683 127,884 110,259 793,477
Comarques Gironines 22,231 24,744 15,985 42,767 22,006 34,746 28,320 190,799
Camp de Tarragona 11,853 14,742 10,776 28,796 17,996 14,103 14,623 112,888
Terres de l'Ebre 4,170 4,756 3,889 11,611 3,023 5,667 7,790 40,906
Ponent 5,979 9,670 5,102 17,113 1,125 4,614 6,528 50,131
Comarques Centrals 8,889 16,787 10,090 25,306 2,748 8,464 16,313 88,597
Alt Pirineu i Aran 2,693 3,206 1,697 3,674 272 3,711 3,206 18,458
Penedès 11,434 10,176 7,402 18,220 5,403 27,511 15,760 95,906
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 6, 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 "..".