This selective collection indicator shows the percentage of municipal waste that is collected separately by citizens and businesses in order to be able to recycle it, and thus save resources and energy necessary for the manufacture of products.
Evolution of the amount of waste separately collected, and the percentage of gross selective collection of waste out of the total waste generated in the Balearic Islands
Source:Government of the Balearic Islands, Island Councils of Mallorca, Menorca, Eivissa and Formentera.
GSC = gross selective collection // The other fraction includes the following selectively collected waste: vegetal and gardening waste, pneumatic tires, waste assimilable to urban waste from construction, WEEE and bulky waste.
The percentage of gross selective collection has increased very slowly in the last 4 years, and has reached a maximum of 30% of the total waste generated by 2021, far from the selective collection objectives set by state and European policies.