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