Cuentas Medioambientales: Cuenta de los Residuos
Treatment of (non-hazardous) waste. National data
Amount of (non-hazardous) waste treated, by EWC waste category. Evaluation (excluding energy recovery).
Units: tonnes

	3 - Recovery (excluding energy recovery) (R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11)	
0.6: Metallic waste	4,082,011	
07.1: Glass waste	1,183,915	
07.2: Paper and cardboard waste	5,059,723	
07.3: Rubber waste	286,153	
07.4: Plastic waste	1,709,243	
07.5: Wood waste	1,736,776	
07.6: Textile waste	51,928	
09 (excluding 09.11 and 09.3): Animal and vegetable waste (excluding 33 and 34)	7,490,245	
09.11: Animal waste from food and food preparation	789,466	
09.3 Animal faeces, urine and manure	182,634	
12: Mineral waste	42,303,196	
01, 02, 03, 05, 08, 10, 11 and 13: Other waste	3,656,500	
Total non-hazardous waste treated	68,531,790	
Total waste treated	70,354,532	
Notes:
1) EWC: European Waste Catalogue 
  
 R2: Recovery or regeneration of solvents 
  R3: Recycling or recovery of organic substances that are not  used as solvents (including composting and other biological  transformation processes). This includes all those operations whose  purpose is the recovery of biodegradable and non-biodegradable  organic materials 
  R4: Recycling or recovery of metals and metallic compounds 
  R5: Recycling or recovery of inorganic materials, such as:  construction and demolition waste, mineral waste,  tar, etc. 
  R6: Recycling or regeneration of acids and/or bases 
  R7: Recovery of components used to reduce  pollution, for example: carbon waste used for purifying  water, regenerating resin 
  R8: Recovery of components from catalysts 
  R9: Regeneration or a new use of oils 
  R10: Treatment of soil, producing a benefit for  agriculture or an ecological improvement 
  R11: Use of waste obtained from any of the  operations listed between R1 and R10
Source: National Statistics Institute