Author, as appears in the article.: Saladié O
Department: Geografia
URV's Author/s: Saladié Borraz, Òscar
Keywords: Sustainability Recycling rate Household and similar waste
Abstract: Household and similar waste generation in Catalonia between 2000 and 2009 has increased a 20.8%, meanwhile population for the same period has been a 18.7%. That means a small increase in generation per capita, rising from 1.51 to 1.53 kg/day, whereas the target established by the Catalan Municipal Waste Management Program (PROGREMIC) for 2012 is 1.48 kg/capita/day. Despite recycling rate of household and similar wastes has increased considerably during the last 9 years (17.7%-37.5%), this value can be improved significantly. Measuring sustainability by means of an indicator that bears generation per capita and recycling rate it is shown that sustainability in Catalonia is low. Nevertheless, important differences exist at a regional level.
Thematic Areas: Urban studies Human geography and urban studies Geography, planning and development Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía Environmental studies Environmental science (miscellaneous) Earth-surface processes Ciencias sociales
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 0212-9426
Author's mail: oscar.saladie@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-7989-0717
Record's date: 2023-02-26
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Papper original source: Boletin De La Asociacion De Geografos Espanoles. (56): 321-347+467-471
APA: Saladié O (2011). Municipal waste in catalonia(Spain): Generation and recycling ratesas sustainability indicators. Boletin De La Asociacion De Geografos Espanoles, (56), 321-347+467-471
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2011
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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