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Environmental quality
andprevention
Environmental quality and prevention
Environmental prevention instruments, pollution control andmonitoring
procedures andaproperwastemanagement are key to ensuring the
qualityof the environment.
Waste
Urbanwasteproductionhas followeda stable trendduring thepast four years.
Efforts are still focused on recovery and composting, aswell as strengthening
thewaste recycling facilities network. The provision of containers for selective
collection ofwaste and packaging recycling rate show a positive evolution.
Moreover, the production of declaredhazardouswaste in 2012 has increased
compared to the previous year, as have the number of registered centres that
produce this kind ofwaste, with a 5% rise.
4,819,481
t
Total urbanwaste collection
in Andalusian cities 2012
1.27
kg/inhabitant/day
in Spain2012*
1.56
kg/inhabitant/day
Urbanwaste in Andalusian
cities 2012
247,947
t
Declaredhazardouswaste
production in Andalusia 2012
*
Data estimatedby Eurostat.
t = ton
Urbanwaste treatment
inAndalusia 2012
Urbanwaste collection and
treatment inAndalusia 2012
63
%
31
%
6%
Recoveryand
composting
facilities
Landfills Recycling
Almeria
351,397.2 t
(collection)
Cadiz
714,860.1 t
Cordoba
284,004.8 t
Granada
690,625.0 t
Huelva
254,309.5 t
Jaen
268,515.0 t
Malaga
1,216,811.6 t
Seville
775,470.6 t
0
20
40
60
80 100%
Recovery and
composting facilities
Landfills
18.6
81.4
25.8
74.2
8.6
91.4
41.6
58.4
0.8
99.2
9.6
90.4
62.9
37.1
20.7
79.3
Containers ratio
for selective collection
of urbanwaste 2012
Andalusia
Almeria
Cadiz
Cordoba
Granada
Huelva
Jaen
Malaga
Seville
0
100 200 300 400 500
*
1c
×
290 inhab.
Paper/cardboard
1c
×
320 inhab.
Glass
1c
×
167 inhab.
Light packaging
Nº of inhabitants per container
*Regulation target: 500 inhabitantsper container.
60
%
37
%
Container recycling rate 2012
[13]
[14]
60
%
65
%
50
%
64
%
22.5
%
51
%
15
%
16
%
Regulation target
55
%
58
%
Glass*
Metal
Wood
Paper/cardboard
Plastic
Lightpackaging
*Complementarygarbage collection isnot included
as theyhavenot beenprovided.
Container recycling rate considers thenumber of
recycledpackagingwith regard to the amount of
packagingput on themarket.
