According to estimates of the Statistical Service, the total amount of municipal solid waste generated in Cyprus amounted to 543 thousand tonnes in 2020 compared to 571 thousand tonnes in 2019, a decrease of 4.9%.
Of the 462 thousand tonnes managed in 2020, 78.8% was disposed of in disposal sites (landfills, landfills), 18.3% was forwarded for recycling, 1.2% was composted, and 1.7% was used for energy recovery.
In 2020, the average amount of municipal waste generated per capita in the European Union was 505 kg. In Cyprus, the per capita production of municipal waste reached 609 kg, one of the highest among EU Member States. Denmark has the highest municipal waste generation per capita (845 kg), followed by Luxembourg (790 kg), Malta (643 kg), Germany (632 kg) and Cyprus (609 kg).
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Index
[/TD] [TD]Unit
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]2005
[/TD] [TD]2010
[/TD] [TD]2015
[/TD] [TD]2017
[/TD] [TD]2018
[/TD] [TD]2019
[/TD] [TD]2020 p
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [TD]Waste Generation
[/TD] [TD]000's of tonnes
[/TD] [TD]507,91
[/TD] [TD]
576,31
[/TD] [TD]525,24
[/TD] [TD]537,49
[/TD] [TD]562.10
[/TD] [TD]571,07
[/TD] [TD]542,84
[/TD] [/TR] [/TD] [TR] [TD]
In-Head Production
[/TD] [TD]kg/
individual
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]688
[/TD] [TD]696
[/TD] [TD]623
[/TD] [/TD] [TD] [TD]625
[/TD] [TD]645
[/TD] [TD]649
[/TD] [TD]609
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Waste Management
[/TD] [TD]000's of tons
[/TD] [TD]507,91
[/TD] [TD]560.76
[/TD] [TD]496.69
[/TD] [TD]511.33
[/TD] [TD]490.61
[/TD] [TD]480[/B] [/TD] [TD]
4,13
[/TD] [TD]462.18
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Disposition
[/TD] [TD]"
[/TD] [TD]489,30
[/TD] [TD]497.86
[/TD] [TD]409.99
[/TD] [TD]423.16
[/TD] [TD]392.86
[/TD] [TD]379.39
[/TD] [TD]364,14
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Recycling
[/TD] [TD]"
[/TD] [TD]18.61
[/TD] [TD]62.90
[/TD] [TD]68.81
[/TD] [TD]78.93
[/TD] [TD]84,47
[/TD] [TD]87,03
[/TD] [TD]84,43
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Composting
[/TD] [TD]"
[/TD] [TD]0,00
[/TD] [TD]0,00
[/TD] [TD]17.89
[/TD] [TD]7.56
[/TD] [TD]9.30
[/TD] [TD]8.08
[/TD] [TD]5,77
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Energy Recovery
[/TD] [TD]"
[/TD] [TD]0,00
[/TD] [TD]0,00
[/TD] [TD]0,00
[/TD] [TD]1,68
[/TD] [TD]3,98
[/TD] [TD]5,63
[/TD] [TD]7,83
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p = preliminary data
Methodological Information[/B]
Methodological Information
Definitions
Urban Waste (Municipal Waste): is waste collected by or on behalf of municipal authorities. They include household and similar waste, as well as waste from commercial and related activities, office buildings and institutions (schools, hospitals, government buildings). It also includes bulky waste and garden waste, leaves, branches, branches, vegetables, and waste from street cleaning. Municipal waste is collected either door-to-door with traditional collection (mixed household waste) or separately for recovery purposes (mainly for recycling purposes, door-to-door collection and/or voluntary dumping). Also included are wastes similar in nature and composition which: 1) are collected directly by the private sector (businesses or private non-profit institutions) rather than on behalf of municipalities (mainly separate collection for recovery purposes); and 2) come from rural areas not served by a normal waste collection service, even if disposed of by the producer. It does not include: septic tank sludge, sludge from urban waste water treatment and municipal waste from construction and demolition.
Recycling: is defined as any reprocessing of materials in the production process that transforms those materials so that they cease to be waste, other than their reuse as fuel. This includes both reprocessing as the same type of material and for different uses. Direct recycling within industrial plants where they are produced is not included.
Composting: is defined as a biological process that subjects biodegradable waste to anaerobic or aerobic decomposition and results in a product that is used in soil or for the production of crop inputs or as a substrate.
Incineration: refers to the thermal treatment of waste in an incineration plant in order to reduce its volume and hazardousness and to produce a product that can be disposed of.
Energy recovery: refers to the incineration and co-incineration of waste in power plants and industrial installations, such as cement kilns, so that the resulting energy can be used to generate heat or electricity.
Landfill (concrete landfill): is defined as the place where waste is disposed of or buried, including specially equipped areas and temporary storage areas for more than one year. The definition covers both concrete landfills created by the waste producer on the site and outdoor disposal sites.
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