Cuentas Medioambientales: Cuenta de los Residuos
Treatment of (hazardous) waste. National data
Amount of (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 (excluding 01.3): Chemical waste (excluding used oils),335,237,5,980,
01.3: Used oils,2,015,464,
05: Health care and biological waste,1,577,366,
07.7: Waste containing PCBs,132,7,
10.2: Mixed and undifferentiated materials,1,291,0,
10.3: Sorted waste,1,154,3,
06, 07 (excluding 07.7), 08, 09, 12 and 13: Other waste,120,3,605,
Total incineration of hazardous waste,341,526,10,425,
Total waste incineration,2,551,895,490,262,
Notes:
1) 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