Cuentas Medioambientales: Cuenta de los Residuos
Treatment of (non-hazardous) waste. National data
Amount of (non-hazardous) waste treated, by EWC waste category. Incineration with energy recovery and incineration on land.
Units: tonnes

,1 - Incineration with energy evaluation (R1),2 - Incineration on land (D10),
01, 02 and 03: Chemical waste,6,664,60,882,
05: Health care and biological waste,0,83,650,
10.1: Household and similar waste,1,538,022,319,661,
10.2 Mixed and undifferentiated materials,0,0,
10.3 Sorted waste,335,240,0,
11: Common sludge (d.m.e.) (*),2,367,0,
06, 07, 08, 09, 12 and 13: Other waste,328,076,15,644,
Total incineration of non-hazardous waste,2,210,369,479,837,
Total waste incineration,2,551,895,490,262,
Notes:
1) (*) (d.m.e.)= dry matter equivalent

  EWC: European Waste Catalogue 
  
 R1: main use as fuel or  as another means of generating energy. For example, incineration of fuels  and oils 
  D10: Incineration of waste without energy recovery, such as  household waste, hazardous waste, health care or animal waste.  Incineration on land
Source: National Statistics Institute