- Fl-2022, il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ammontat għal 328,394 tunnellata u bʼhekk żdiedet bi 12,070 tunnellata, jew 3.8 fil-mija, fuq l-2021.
- Meta titqies il-popolazzjoni ekwivalenti turistika netta, il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ras għal ras għall-2022 ammontat għal 581 kilogramma għal kull persuna sabiex b’hekk naqset bi 2.0 fil-mija fuq l-2021.
- Matul l-2022, l-għadd kollu ta’ skart muniċipali ttrattat naqas b’6,644 tunnellata, jew 2.1 fil-mija, fuq dak irreġistrat fl-2021, sabiex laħaq 317,280 tunnellata.
- Il-persentaġġ taʼ skart li mar għar-rimi fil-miżbliet mill-iskart muniċipali kollu trattat kien ta’ 86.2 fil-mija, li huwa żieda mit-83.1 fil-mija li kien irreġistrat is-sena ta’ qabel.
- Meta mqabbel mal-2021, l-iskart muniċipali li kien riċiklat naqas b’2,083 tunnellata, jew 5.0 fil-mija, sabiex bʼhekk laħaq bʼkollox 39,807 tunnellati.
Il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali
Fl-2022, il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ammontat għal 328,394 tunnellata biex bʼhekk żdiedet bi 12,070 tunnellata, jew 3.8 fil-mija, fuq l-2021. Ħarsa lejn it-tipi ta’ skart iġġenerati f’termini assoluti turi li ż-żidiet kienu l-aktar evidenti fl-iskart muniċipali mħallat (15,285 tunnellata), fl-iskart muniċipali ieħor (1,574 tunnellata) u fl-iskart goff (1,567 tunnellata). Min-naħa l-oħra, it-tnaqqis ewlieni kien irreġistrat għall-karta u l-kartun (2,888 tunnellata), il-bijoskart mill-kċejjen u l-kantins (1,967 tunnellata), u l-injam (1,202 tunnellata) (Tabella nru 1).
Note: The gap in between the lines represents the Gross Value Added.
Ċart nru 1. Il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ras għal ras (inkluż il-popolazzjoni ekwivalenti turistika netta), bit-tip taʼ skart
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L-istatistika dwar il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali skont it-tip ta’ ġbir tal-iskart turi li kien irreġistrat tnaqqis fil-ġbir tal-iskart organiku (2,678 tunnellata), fil-ġbir tal-iskart miċ-ċentri għall-iskart goff (1,999 tunnellata), fi ġbir ieħor taʼ skart (593 tunnellata), fil-ġbir tal-boroż il-ħodor/griżi (422 tunnellata) u fil-bring-in sites (265 tunnellata). It-tipi l-oħra ta’ ġbir urew żidiet, bl-ewlenin fosthom kienu l-ġbir bieb bieb tal-borża s-sewda mill-kunsilli lokali (10,659 tunnellata), il-ġbir tal-borża s-sewda min-negozji u l-istituzzjonijiet (4,626 tunnellata), u l-ġbir tal-iskart goff mid-djar, min-negozji, u mill-istituzzjonijiet (1,567 tunnellata) (Tabella nru 2). Fl-2022, il-ġbir tal-iskart isseparat kien jammonta għal 27.9 fil-mija tal-iskart muniċipali ġġenerat, li huwa tnaqqis mill-31.1 fil-mija li kien irreġistrat fl-2021 (Ċart nru 2).
Ċart nru 2. Il-ġbir tal-iskart muniċipali bit-tip
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Nota: Il-ġbir ta’ frazzjonijiet separati tal-iskart jirreferi għal sistema ta’ ġbir fejn il-fluss tal-iskart jiġi sseparat skont it-tip u n-natura biex bʼhekk jiġi ffaċilitat it-trattament speċifiku. Skart miġbur separatament jinkludi ġbir ta’ materjali uniċi jew materjali multipli li jinġabru flimkien għar-riċiklaġġ bħal fil-każ tal-borża l-ħadra/griża.
L-indikaturi dwar il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ras għal ras juru, li meta titqies il-popolazzjoni medja, fl-2022 kull persuna ġġenerat 618-il kilogramma ta’ skart, li hija żieda ta’ 1.3 fil-mija fuq is-sena ta’ qabel. Madankollu, meta l-popolazzjoni ekwivalenti turistika netta tiġi kkunsidrata, jista’ jiġi nnotat li l-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali għall-2022 ammontat għal 581 kilogramma għal kull persuna. Din iċ-ċifra turi tnaqqis ta’ 2.0 fil-mija fuq l-2021 l-aktar minħabba l-għadd akbar ta’ turisti li żaru Malta fl-2022 (Tabella nru 3).
It-trattament tal-iskart muniċipali
Matul l-2022, l-ammont ta’ skart muniċipali ttrattat naqas b’6,644 tunnellata, jew 2.1 fil-mija, fuq dak irreġistrat fl-2021, sabiex laħaq 317,280 tunnellata. Il-persentaġġ taʼ skart li mar għar-rimi fil-miżbliet mill-iskart muniċipali trattat kien ta’ 86.2 fil-mija, li huwa żieda mit-83.1 fil-mija li kien irreġistrat is-sena ta’ qabel. F’termini assoluti, l-iskart muniċipali mormi fil-miżbliet żdied b’4,201 tunnellata, bil-kontributuri ewlenin għal din iż-żieda jkunu l-iskart muniċipali mħallat (2,678 tunnellata), il-fdalijiet li jirriżultaw mit-trattament mekkaniku tal-iskart (1,795 tunnellata) u l-iskart goff (1,314-il tunnellata). Min-naħa l-oħra, ir-rimi fil-miżbliet tal-iskart tal-injam naqas bi 3,746 tunnellata (Tabella nru 4).
Meta mqabbel mal-2021, l-iskart muniċipali li ġie riċiklat naqas b’2,083 tunnellata, jew 5.0 fil-mija, għal total taʼ 39,807 tunnellati. B’sehem taʼ 60.6 fil-mija mill-iskart kollu rriċiklat, il-karta u l-kartun kienu l-aktar materjal li ġie rriċiklat. Kienu rreġistrati żidiet fir-riċiklaġġ tal-karti u l-kartun (10.4 fil-mija), tal-bijoskart mill-kċejjen u l-kantins (9.0 fil-mija) u tal-iskart ta’ tagħmir elettriku u elettroniku (4.2 fil-mija). Min-naħa l-oħra, kien irreġistrat tnaqqis fir-riċiklaġġ tal-ħwejjeġ u t-tessuti (97.2 fil-mija), tal-metalli (55.4 fil-mija), tal-plastik (12.8 fil-mija) u tal-ħġieġ (9.1 fil-mija). Fl-2022, l-iskart muniċipali li għadda mit-trattament taʼ rkupru tal-enerġija ammonta għal 4,099 tunnellata sabiex bʼhekk naqas bʼ67.8 fil-mija fuq l-2021 (Tabella nru 4).
Ċart nru 3. It-trattament tal-iskart muniċipali bil-kategorija taʼ trattament
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Methodological Notes
1. Data for this news release is sourced from WasteServ Malta Ltd. and the Environment and Resources Authority. Data for 2022 should be considered as provisional.
2. Data presented in this news release is based on the methodology that is applied for the municipal waste data reporting which the NSO submits annually to Eurostat. This methodology follows the provisions as laid down in the document: ‘Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on municipal waste according to Commission Implementing Decisions 2019/1004/EC and 2019/1885/EC, and the Joint Questionnaire of Eurostat and OECD’ version of 06/10/2023.
3. Revisions on 2021 data have been carried out following data updates in the National Waste Inventory that is sourced from the Environment and Resources Authority.
4. Municipal waste generation and treatment which is expressed in kilograms per capita, is worked out by means of data on the average population. The average population during a calendar year is calculated as the arithmetic mean of the population on 31 December of two consecutive years. It should be noted that Eurostat uses population data as on 1 January to calculate the average population and so the per capita figures in this release are not directly comparable to those of Eurostat.
5. Municipal waste generation per capita figures have been revised for all years in the time series. In previous editions of this news release the end-of-year population was taken into account when calculating these indicators. From this news release onwards the average population shall be used instead in order to follow the methodology that is used by Eurostat.
6. Municipal waste generation per capita (including net tourist equivalent population) is a national indicator that has been included in this news release since all the waste that is generated by tourists forms part of municipal waste. It is calculated by the following formula:
The inbound tourist equivalent population is calculated by dividing the total nights spent in Malta by tourists by the number of nights in the year. The outbound tourist equivalent population is calculated by dividing the total nights spent by Maltese residents abroad by the number of nights in the year.
7. Table 4 presents data for the four final treatment categories under which municipal waste that was treated from 2018 to 2022 can be classified. Data is inclusive of waste exports to overseas final treatment facilities occurring due to the limited waste treatment capacity in Malta.
8. The difference between municipal waste generation and municipal waste treatment occurs mainly as a result of moisture gains and losses in organic waste, variations in stocks of waste that are held in storage prior to the final treatment operation and waste that is exported for pre-treatment operations (consequently the final treatment operation is not known).
9. Definitions:
● Municipal waste: Waste that is generated from households as well as waste that is similar in nature and composition to household waste that is generated by businesses and institutions. This waste is collected by or on behalf of municipal authorities and disposed of through the waste management system.
● Bring-in sites: Collection depots for clean source segregated recyclable materials. Four types of materials are collected: glass, metals, plastic and paper/cardboard.
● Green/Grey bag collection: Door-to-door collection of mixed paper, metals and plastics from households on pre-determined weekdays. This service commenced in 2011.
● Glass collection: Door-to-door collection of glass from households on pre-determined days, usually taking place once a month. This service commenced in 2014.
● Black bag collection: Door-to-door collection of mixed waste primarily from households but also including waste from businesses and institutions on pre-determined weekdays. This bag should be used only for the disposal of residual waste which cannot be composted or recycled.
● Organic waste collection: Door-to-door collection of organic waste from households on pre-determined weekdays. This collection started as a pilot project covering a limited number of localities in 2015 and was extended nationally from the 31st October 2018 onwards.
● Disposal – landfill: Disposal of waste into or onto land, including specially engineered landfill, covered by Disposal codes D1, D5 and D12.
● Disposal – incineration: Incineration without energy recovery refers to the thermal treatment of waste and is considered as a disposal operation classified under code D10.
● Recovery – material recycling: Any waste recovery operations by which disposed materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes, except for use as fuel. These recovery operations are classified under codes R2 to R9 and R11.
● Recovery – energy recovery: Incineration with energy recovery is considered as a recovery operation whenever both the conditions and energy efficiency thresholds which are provided in the ‘Guidelines on the energy efficiency formula for incineration facilities’ related to the Waste Framework Directive are met. This treatment operation is classified under code R1.
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- Fl-2022, il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ammontat għal 328,394 tunnellata u bʼhekk żdiedet bi 12,070 tunnellata, jew 3.8 fil-mija, fuq l-2021.
- Meta titqies il-popolazzjoni ekwivalenti turistika netta, il-ġenerazzjoni tal-iskart muniċipali ras għal ras għall-2022 ammontat għal 581 kilogramma għal kull persuna sabiex b’hekk naqset bi 2.0 fil-mija fuq l-2021.
- Matul l-2022, l-għadd kollu ta’ skart muniċipali ttrattat naqas b’6,644 tunnellata, jew 2.1 fil-mija, fuq dak irreġistrat fl-2021, sabiex laħaq 317,280 tunnellata.
- Il-persentaġġ taʼ skart li mar għar-rimi fil-miżbliet mill-iskart muniċipali kollu trattat kien ta’ 86.2 fil-mija, li huwa żieda mit-83.1 fil-mija li kien irreġistrat is-sena ta’ qabel.
- Meta mqabbel mal-2021, l-iskart muniċipali li kien riċiklat naqas b’2,083 tunnellata, jew 5.0 fil-mija, sabiex bʼhekk laħaq bʼkollox 39,807 tunnellati.
