{"id":2268,"date":"2023-07-26T11:50:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T09:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2024-07-08T12:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:54","slug":"recycling-data-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/recycling-data-in-spain","title":{"rendered":"Recycling data in Spain in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":" \n    <div class=\"c-post--header\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/reciclaje-en-espana.jpg);\">\n        <a href=\"\" class=\"c-back-action\">\n            Go back        <\/a>\n        <h1>Recycling data in Spain in 2022<\/h1>\n\t\t<p class=\"c-post--author\">\n\t\t\tAuthor:\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/author\/scrapad-admin\/\">ScrapAd<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n        <div class=\"c-post--meta\">\n            <p>26\/07\/2023<\/p>\n            <div class=\"c-post--actions\">\n                <a onclick=\"window.print()\" class=\"c-article__action\">\n                    <i class=\"large material-icons icon\">print<\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                <a data-clipboard-text=\"\" class=\"c-article__action\">\n                    <i class=\"large material-icons icon\">content_copy<\/i>\n                <\/a>\n                <span class=\"c-article__action share__trigger\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"large material-icons icon\">share<\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"share__displays\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/facebook.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/twitter.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=&amp;title=&amp;summary=&amp;source=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/linkedin.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"mailto:info@scrapad.com?&amp;cc=&amp;bcc=&amp;subject=&amp;body=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/scrapad-blocks\/assets\/icons\/share\/email.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n\n \n    <section class=\"c-container \" style=\" background-color: #FBFBFB; background-size: cover; --xsPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --smPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --mdPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --lgPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --xlPadding: 80px 100px 80px 100px; --xxlPadding: 80px 200px 80px 200px;  \">\n        \n<div class=\"wp-block-scrapad-blocks-container c-post\">\n<div class=\"c-article__desc wp-block-scrapad-blocks-article-desc\">\n<p>On this occasion, we bring you a summary of the most relevant data on recycling in Spain. For this, we have based ourselves on the report published by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbk.es\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DBK Sector Observatory<\/a>&nbsp;of INFORMA, corresponding to the activity of companies in the waste recycling sector in the period of 2022. Stay and find out what the results have been and if Spanish companies have passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recycling in 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies involved in the activity of the waste recycling sector in the period 2021-2022 benefited from an&nbsp;<strong>increase in the volume of waste generated<\/strong>. Meanwhile, the&nbsp;<strong>proportion of materials destined for recycling<\/strong>&nbsp;in line with recovery and reuse targets continued to increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this financial year, the&nbsp;<strong>production of recycled waste<\/strong>&nbsp;in the almost 400 recycling plants in Spain&nbsp;<strong>increased by 2.3%<\/strong>&nbsp;on the previous year&#8217;s results.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/materials\/metals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metals<\/a>,&nbsp;paper and cardboard&nbsp;accounted for&nbsp;<strong>80% of the volume of waste generated<\/strong>. That is, 20.3 million tonnes. The&nbsp;<strong>business generated by their sale amounted to some 5.1 billion euros<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/materials\/metals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Metal waste<\/a>&nbsp;accounted for more than&nbsp;<strong>60% of the total volume recycled<\/strong>, followed by paper and cardboard, which accounted for just over twenty percent, the rest being&nbsp;wood,&nbsp;glass&nbsp;and&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of volume,&nbsp;<strong>waste imports decreased<\/strong>&nbsp;significantly compared to the 2021 increase, but&nbsp;<strong>exports increased by 2.5%<\/strong>. In value terms, both imports and exports increased, driven by the continuation of the trend of strong price growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around&nbsp;<strong>340 waste recycling companies<\/strong>&nbsp;are identified in this sector, which operate around 400 plants. The business structure has a majority of small companies specialised in single material recycling, which coexist with a smaller group of large operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coming years, the activity of companies in the recycling and recovery sector is expected to be marked by the&nbsp;<strong>development of waste regulations and the tightening of recycling and recovery targets<\/strong>, which will result in an&nbsp;<strong>increase in the degree of waste treatment<\/strong>. On the other hand, the stagnation of private consumption will tend to contain the volume of waste generated and influence the improvement of revenues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Number of companies<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">340<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Production (thousand tones)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">20.300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>% change<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">+2.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Distribution of production by business segment&nbsp;(%), 2021<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Metal&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">61<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Paper and cardboard&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wood&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Glass&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plastic&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Export (thousand tones)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2.150<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Import (thousand tones)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5.300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Production (million euros)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5.100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Recycling data in Spain. Source: DBK Sector Observatory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The implementation of a circular economy in the recycling sector<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We have come from a linear economic model in which the aim was to consume and discard at an alarming rate. This economic model, by depleting natural resources, is unsustainable in the medium term, as it increases pollution and waste on the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recycling is, without a doubt, the pillar on which a productive and economic system based on circularity must be built. Global figures indicate that administrations are beginning to be aware of the importance of reusing material resources. According to the latest&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN<\/a>&nbsp;report, 11,200 tonnes of solid waste are collected worldwide every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We already know first-hand the many&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/benefits-of-a-circular-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">benefits of the circular economy<\/a>, which is why the Central Government has developed the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miteco.gob.es\/es\/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental\/temas\/economia-circular\/estrategia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spanish Circular Economy Strategy<\/a>&nbsp;(EEEC), aligned with the action plans of the UN and the European Union. This initiative, with a long-term vision,&nbsp;<strong>aims to lay the foundations for a new, more sustainable production model<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n    \n\n    <div class=\"c-container c-post--related\" style=\"background-color: #F7F5F2; --xsPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --smPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --mdPadding: 40px 25px 40px 25px; --lgPadding: 72px 100px 72px 100px; --xlPadding: 72px 100px 72px 100px; --xxlPadding: 72px 100px 72px 100px;\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n            <h3 class=\"c-article__side__heading\">Other posts that may interest you\u2026<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"scrapad-blocks-related glide\" data-autoplay=\"4000\" data-views-desktop=\"3\" data-views-tablet=\"2\" data-views-mobile=\"1\" data-mode=\"slider\">  \n            <div class=\"container glide__track\" data-glide-el=\"track\">\n                <div class=\"row slider-mobile glide__slides\">\n                                                                         \n                            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-6 glide__slide\">\n                                    <div class=\"c-blog__item\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/scrapad.com\/en\/blog\/innovation-in-metal-recycling-artificial-intelligence-robotics-and-emerging-technologies\/\" class=\"c-blog__item--inner\">\n            <div class=\"c-blog__item__header\">\n                <div\n                    class=\"c-blog__item__image\"\n                    style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/scrapad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/02_58J0671_2-0d3c326ba40c12cc.jpeg;\"\n                ><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item_body\">\n                    <h4 class=\"c-blog__item__title\">Innovation in metal recycling: Artificial intelligence, robotics, and emerging technologies<\/h4>\n                    <div class=\"c-blog__item__meta\">\n                        <span class=\"c-blog__item__date\">18\/03\/2025<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"c-blog__item__desc\">\n                    <p>In the UK, waste management is regulated by a number of pieces of legislation that set out specific obligations for waste brokers and dealers. 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