Goal
Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
Target
Target 11.6. By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
Indicator
Indicator 11.6.1. Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by cities
Sub-indicator
Sub-indicator 11.6.1.1. Urban waste generated per capita
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
Definition
Urban waste collected by managing companies per inhabitant
Calculation method
\[ RURP^{t}=\frac{RUR^{t}}{P^{t}}\]Where: \(RUR^t\)is the amount of urban waste collected in year t and \(P^t\)is the population on July 1st of year t.
Unit of measure
Kilograms per capita
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Autonomous communities
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
Yes
Statistical operation
Statistics on the Collection and Treatment of Waste (Código IOE:
30079)
Date of the last metadata update
15/12/2021
Link to United Nations metadata
Custody agency
UN-Habitat, UNSD
Observations
The collection of urban waste includes household waste and commercial or industrial waste similar to that of previous municipal competence, collected by urban containers, clean sites or other municipal collection systems. It also includes road cleaning waste and biodegradable waste from the cleaning of parks and gardens.
