Metadata Sub-indicator 11.6.1.1. Residuos urbanos generados per cápita

Goal

Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Target

Target 11.6. By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management

Indicator

Indicator 11.6.1. Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by cities

Sub-indicator

Sub-indicator 11.6.1.1. Urban waste generated per capita

Type of indicator (global, European, national)
  • Global
Definition

Urban waste collected by managing companies per inhabitant

Calculation method

\[ RURP^{t}=\frac{RUR^{t}}{P^{t}}\]Where: \(RUR^t\)is the amount of urban waste collected in year t and \(P^t\)is the population on July 1st of year t.

Unit of measure

Kilograms per capita

Periodicity

Annual

Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)

Autonomous communities

Tier

Tier II

Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)

Yes

Statistical operation

Statistics on the Collection and Treatment of Waste (ISO code: 30079)

Date of the last metadata update

15/12/2021

Link to United Nations metadata
Custody agency

UN-Habitat, UNSD

Observations

The collection of urban waste includes household waste and commercial or industrial waste similar to that of previous municipal competence, collected by urban containers, clean sites or other municipal collection systems. It also includes road cleaning waste and biodegradable waste from the cleaning of parks and gardens.