How do the cities of Greater Barcelona recycle 3.3 million inhabitants? He Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) made public this past Thursday the separate collection proportion data on the total waste produced by each municipality.
Of all the waste generated in 2022, it was collected selectively 39.3% (577,278 tons) in the total of the metropolitan area, which represents an increase of 1.1 points compared to 2021, placing the result in an absolute record. The increase in selective collection occurs in almost all waste fractions, reaching the organic 167,069 tons of organic matter of residential and commercial origin.
The next ranking sample, from more selective collection to lessthe cities of Greater Barcelona that best recycled during the past 2022.
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Of the 36 metropolitan municipalities, in 2022 only eight municipalities exceeded the 50% selective collection than the EU required by 2020: Begues, Castellbisbal, Pallejà, Papiol, Corbera de Llobregat, Sant Just Desvern, Torrelles de Llobregat and Tiana. Among these populations, Papiol, Sant Just Desvern, Torrelles de Llobregat, Tiana and Corbera de Llobregat They already opt for models that individualize collection, such as ‘door-to-door’ or ‘smart containers’.
In contrast, the cities that occupy the ‘lower part’ of the ranking metropolitan selective collection are Sant Adrià de Besòs, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Cervelló, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat and Badalona.