Authorities in charge

Municipal waste

Municipal waste is the one produced at households, shops, offices and services, or any other comparable to those.

All waste coming from municipal cleaning services (streets, parks...) as well as other minor streams (dead domestic animals, furniture, abandoned vehicles, small refurbishment waste...) is also considered municipal.

Municipalities

Normally, municipal waste is managed – collected, transported and treated – by each municipality on its own.

BMA

However, at the Barcelona metropolitan area, the authority in charge of treating municipal waste is the BMA since 2010, when it was established.

ARC

The regional government of Catalonia (Generalitat), through ARC, is the authority in charge of municipal waste – and other kinds of waste– in Catalonia.

In particular, the ARC has to establish the regional plan for municipal waste management and collaborate in financing the facilities projected in the plan, that will be developed by the local authorities.