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Increase of 5% in the
Generation of Municipal Waste in 2021 The Statistical Service
estimates that the total amount of municipal solid waste generated in Cyprus
in 2021 stood at 570,000 tonnes compared to 543,000 tonnes in 2020,
recording an increase of 5%. From the total amount of 455,000 tonnes treated in 2021, 77,8% was disposed in landfills, 17,6% was used for recycling, 3,1% was used for energy recovery purposes and 1,5% was composted.  The average municipal waste
generation per inhabitant in the European Union in 2020 (data for 2021 are
not yet available) was 517 kg. In Cyprus, municipal waste generation per
capita reached 609 kg, which is the 7th highest among EU member states.
Austria had the highest municipal waste generation per capita (834 kg),
followed by Denmark (814 kg), Luxembourg (790 kg), Belgium (746 kg), Malta
(643 kg), Germany (628 kg) and Cyprus (609 kg).
p = provisional data Methodological Information Definitions: Municipal Waste: is waste collected by or on behalf of municipalities. It
includes household waste and similar waste as well as waste originating from
commerce, trade, small businesses, office buildings and institutions
(schools, hospitals, government buildings). It also includes: bulky waste and
yard waste, leaves, grass clippings, street sweepings, the content of litter
containers, and market cleansing waste, if managed as waste. Municipal waste
is collected from door-to-door through traditional collection (mixed household
waste) and fractions collected separately for recovery operations (mainly for
recycling purposes, through door-to-door collection and/or through voluntary
deposits). It also includes waste similar in nature and composition which: 1)
is collected directly by the private sector (business or private non-profit
institutions), not on behalf of municipalities (mainly separate collection
for recovery purposes) and 2) originates from rural areas not served by a
regular waste service, even if they are disposed by the generator. It
excludes waste from municipal sewage network and treatment and municipal
construction and demolition waste. Recycling: is defined as any reprocessing of material in a production
process that diverts it from the waste stream, except reuse as fuel. Both
reprocessing as the same type of product and for different purposes is
included. Direct recycling within industrial plants at the place of
generation is excluded. Composting: is defined as a biological process that submits biodegradable
waste to anaerobic or aerobic decomposition and that results in a product
used on land or for the production of growing media or substrates. Incineration: refers to the thermal treatment of waste in an incineration
plant in order to reduce the volume and the hazardousness of the waste and to
obtain a still product that can be disposed of. Energy recovery: refers to the incineration and co-incineration of waste in
power stations and industrial facilities such as cement kilns so that the
resulting energy can be used to generate heat or electricity. Landfill (disposal site): is defined as deposit of waste into or onto land,
including specially engineered landfills, and temporary storage of over one
year on permanent sites. The definition covers both landfills in internal
sites (i.e. where the generator of waste is carrying out its own waste
disposal at the place of generation) and external sites. For more information: CYSTAT
Portal, subtheme Environment, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Predefined Tables (Excel). Contact: Marilena Kythreotou:
Tel.: +357 22602137, Email: mkythreotou@cystat.mof.gov.cy. (NG/SCH) |
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