Balearic waste tops Spain at 672.1 kg per person

Mallorca and the rest of the Balearic Islands top Spain’s waste-per-person figures: municipal collectors picked up 672.1 kilograms per inhabitant in 2024. The Spanish National Statistics Institute released the figures on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. Spain’s average was 476.5 kilograms per person.

The Balearic figure rose from 661.4 kilograms in 2023. It covers the whole island group, not Mallorca alone. Across the islands, people generated 834,600 tonnes of waste in 2024, including 47,800 tonnes of glass and 54,700 tonnes of paper and cardboard.

Across Spain, municipal collectors picked up 23.3 million tonnes of waste in 2024, 3.5% more than the year before. At the other end of the regional rankings, the Community of Madrid recorded the lowest figure: 384.9 kilograms per person.

Topics: Environment

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com