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 Proportion of municipal waste prepared for reuse and recycling (%)
Characteristic Description
Name Proportion of municipal waste prepared for reuse and recycling (%); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Urban waste statistics
First available period 2012
Last available period 2020
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (NUTS - 2013)
Concepts
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • URBAN WASTE:  Waste for undifferentiated and selective collection that comes from households and/or other sources, when there are similarities in its nature and composition. This includes paper and cardboard, glass, metals, plastics, bio-waste, wood, textiles, packaging, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries and accumulators, and other bulky waste such as mattresses and furniture.
Formule [(Selective collection of paper, cardboard, plastic, metals, glass and wood) + (Recyclables of paper, carboard, plastic, metals, glass and wood recovered from MT/MBT) + (54% of Bulky waste collection) + (100% of Selective collection of BMW) + (Metal slags from waste incineration) + (Other recyclables materials)] / [(Total MW of recyclables generated (Paper, cardboard, metal, glass, wood, biodegradables and other recyclables materials)]
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 14/04/2022


information presented in 30/6/2024