{"id":108630,"date":"2024-08-12T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/?p=108630"},"modified":"2024-08-12T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:56:14","slug":"la-generacion-de-residuos-en-balears-aumenta-un-781-en-un-ano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/la-generacion-de-residuos-en-balears-aumenta-un-781-en-un-ano\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste generation in the Balearic Islands increases by 7.81% in one year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>volume of waste<\/strong> generated in the <strong>Balearic Islands in 2022<\/strong> was <strong>834,105 tonnes<\/strong>, a figure equivalent to <strong>511 kg per capita<\/strong>. Compared to the <strong>previous year<\/strong>, this represents an <strong>increase<\/strong> of <strong>7.81 per cent<\/strong>. The Director General of Circular Economy, Energy Transition, and Climate Change, Diego Viu, stated that &#8220;the data for 2022 shows results that <strong>can be favourable<\/strong> from the start of the actions and the waste prevention strategy; but we <strong>are still not meeting Europe\u2019s objectives<\/strong>, so we need to strengthen and put all our energy into the <strong>new strategic developments, sectoral master plans, and more ambitious policies to achieve the targets<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108627\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108627\" class=\"wp-image-108627\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024_8_9_3052950.webp\" alt=\"plastic waste\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024_8_9_3052950-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024_8_9_3052950.webp 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos: CAIB.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By island, <strong>Mallorca<\/strong>, with a production of <strong>624,511 tonnes<\/strong>, generated <strong>74.9% of municipal waste<\/strong> in the Balearic Islands; followed by <strong>Ibiza<\/strong>, with a production of <strong>128,917 tonnes<\/strong>, representing <strong>15.4%<\/strong>; <strong>Menorca<\/strong> produced <strong>69,910 tonnes<\/strong>, equivalent to <strong>8.4%<\/strong>; and finally Formentera, accounting for <strong>1.3%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Selective collection by fractions<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-108625\" src=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024_8_9_3052750.webp\" alt=\"waste containers recycling bins\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024_8_9_3052750-768x515.webp 768w, https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2024_8_9_3052750.webp 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The summary of the data on selective waste collection in 2022 is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Residual waste<\/strong>: Accounts for 65.1% of selectively collected waste, totalling 543,214 tonnes, a 5.1% increase from 2021.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bulky waste and wood<\/strong>: Represent 7.1% of the waste generated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Paper and cardboard<\/strong>: Make up 6.2% of the waste, with 51,308 tonnes collected.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Glass and organic matter<\/strong>: Each represents 5.7%, with 47,727 tonnes of glass and 42,329 tonnes of organic matter, the latter showing a 40.6% increase from 2021.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy recovery and recycling<\/strong>: Of the total municipal waste, 60.3% was energy recovered, 18.8% recycled, 13.4% was landfilled, 7.5% was lost through decomposition processes, and 0.8% is stored awaiting treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Status concerning regional and national regulations<\/h2>\n<p>To meet regional and national targets, the <strong>Waste Law of the Balearic Islands<\/strong> sets a goal of reducing waste generation by <strong>20%<\/strong> by 2023 compared to <strong>2010<\/strong>, and we are currently at <strong>-7.3%<\/strong>; to <strong>eliminate 10%<\/strong> of waste through landfill disposal, and we are <strong>3.4%<\/strong> above the target; and to <strong>recycle<\/strong> at least <strong>75%<\/strong> of non-industrial packaging waste in the Islands, where according to 2022 data, <strong>54.2%<\/strong> is being recycled.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>National Waste Law<\/strong> for a Circular Economy sets a goal of separately collecting at least <strong>50%<\/strong> of municipal waste by 2035; in the 2022 data for the Balearic Islands, this figure stands at <strong>34.9%<\/strong>. Additionally, the law aims to prepare for <strong>reuse and recycle<\/strong> at least <strong>65%<\/strong> of municipal waste, while the 2022 data for the Balearic Islands shows <strong>18.8%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The volume of waste generated in the Balearic Islands in <a href=\"https:\/\/mallorcaglobalmag.es\/en\/la-generacion-de-residuos-en-balears-aumenta-un-781-en-un-ano\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":108628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1520,1513],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Balearic Islands generate 7.81% more waste in a year - 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