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Increase
of 5% in the generation of municipal waste in 2022 The Statistical Service
estimates that the total amount of municipal solid waste generated in Cyprus
in 2022 stood at 615 thousand tonnes compared to 585 thousand tonnes in 2021,
recording an increase of 5%. From the total amount of 469 thousand tonnes treated in 2022, 77,5% was disposed in landfills, 17,2% was used for recycling, 3,1% was used for energy recovery purposes and 2,2% was composted.  The average municipal waste generation per inhabitant in the European Union (EU) in 2022 was 513 kg. In Cyprus, municipal waste generation per capita reached 673 kg, which ranked the 5th highest among EU member states in 2022. Austria had the highest municipal waste generation per capita (835 kg, 2021 data), followed by Denmark (787 kg), Luxembourg (721 kg), Belgium (677 kg), and Cyprus (673 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. Landfilling is defined as the deposit of waste into
or onto land, including specially engineered landfills and temporary storage
of over one year on permanent sites. It 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 visit
CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Environment,
CYSTAT-DB
(Online Database), Predefined
Tables (Excel), Methodological Information, or contact
Ms Marilena Kythreotou at telephone number 22602137 or via e-mail at mkythreotou@cystat.mof.gov.cy. (AP/GS) |
