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During 2022, the sections: Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Mining and quarrying, Manufacturing, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Construction and Other service activities of the Republic of Serbia generated waste amounting to 174.7 million tons, which represents an increase of 149.4% compared to the previous year.

1. Generated waste in the Republic of Serbia by sections

	2021	2022
	t	t	Non-hazardous waste, %	hazardous waste, %
Generated waste – total	70040933	174664906	82.9	17.1
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	85674	88263	99.7	0.3
Mining and quarrying	59505634	164902983	82.0	18.0
Manufacturing	1502984	1070785	97.1	2.9
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	7256347	6530861	100.0	0.0
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	676356	952420	94.6	5.4
Construction	590442	660626	99.9	0.1
Other service activities	423497	458968	92.1	7.9

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Generated waste quantities, observed by sections and relative to the previous year, noted in 2022 the following trends: Agriculture, forestry and fishing – increase of 3.0%, Mining and quarrying – increase of 177.1%, Manufacturing – decrease of 28.8%, Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply – decrease of 10.0%, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities – increase of 40.8%, Construction – increase of 11.9% and Other service activities – increase of 8.4%.

2. Generated waste in the Republic of Serbia by aggregated waste list, 2022.

t
EWC-Stat¹⁾		Waste character²⁾	CA sections
EWC-Stat¹⁾		Waste character²⁾	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	Mining and quarrying	Manufacturing	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	Water supply, sewerage, waste manage- ment and remediation activities	Construction	Other service activities
	Total		88263	164902983	1070785	6530861	952420	660626	458968
	Non-hazardous waste		87959	135189268	1040253	6529194	901041	659986	422521
	Hazardous waste		305	29713716	30531	1668	51380	640	36446
1.1	Spent solvents	H	-	-	88	1	12	1	-
1.2	Acid, alkaline or saline waste	N	-	-	156	-	-	-	32
		H	-	-	2561	241	3908	-	15
1.3	Used oils	H	126	384	5655	454	102	294	3045
1.4,2,3.1	Chemical preparation waste	N	21	47	3003	440	22	78	39
		H	146	371	6785	596	665	97	2468
3.2	Industrial effluent sludges³⁾	N	-	16	5942	3	94	10	170
		H	1	-	681	6	1315	-	56
3.3	Sludges and liquid wastes from waste treatment	N	-	-	175	-	-	-	9
		H	-	-	151	-	39	-	-
5	Health care and biological waste	N	10	-	-	-	-	-	417
		H	2	-	1	-	-	-	5484
6.1	Metal wastes, ferrous	N	688	4686	127662	11437	363540	6737	156410
6.2	Metal wastes, non-ferrous	N	28	128	19007	369	3110	1380	10359
6.3	Metal wastes, mixed ferrous and non-ferrous	N	92	295	10115	208	14587	894	2939
7.1	Glass waste	N	15	-	7920	4	3195	591	3844
7.2	Paper and cardboard waste	N	437	11	82885	15	154870	2646	78953
7.3	Rubber waste	N	144	181	9559	466	28979	3697	16612
7.4	Plastic waste	N	181	80	21230	160	12423	105	13292
7.5	Wood waste	N	197	10	61583	529	473	904	7503
		H	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
7.6	Textile waste	N	-	-	8502	-	736	2	87
7.7	Wastes containing PCB⁴⁾	H	-	-	24	8	2	-	40
8	Discarded equipment (excluding W081 and W0841)	N	7	2	1661	1211	4230	2	173
		H	9	121	675	78	18592	40	7015
8.1	Discarded vehicles	N	26	104	95	285	333	13	1312
		H	-	-	2	7	62	45	1573
8.41	Batteries and accumulators waste	N	1	1	2	-	-	198	6
		H	19	34	311	61	21266	129	2920
9.1	Animal and mixed food waste	N	1720	-	16606	-	507	31	9825
9.2	Vegetal wastes	N	89	-	32547	2	35	168	14915
9.3	Animal faeces, urine and manure	N	83602	-	7176	-	-	-	21
10.1	Household and similar waste	N	679	166	14561	194	3083	6286	77457
10.2	Mixed and undifferentiated materials	N	16	1611	54162	4	11766	685	13244
		H	2	40	651	14	1	-	513
10.3	Sorting residues	N	-	-	1680	-	51935	-	2608
		H	-	11	136	6	931	-	-
11	Common sludges: liquid substances	N	2	-	849	-	192705	158	2012
12.1	Mineral waste from construction and demolition	N	-	3	2409	13570	1162	380288	2356
		H	-	-	65	98	4	4	13254
12.2,12.3,12.5	Other mineral wastes (W122+W123+W125)	N	-	135181926	10805	89	596	5657	2239
		H	-	29712723	110	39	-	29	56
12.4	Combustion waste	N	3	-	476088	6499491	614	428	2165
		H	-	-	11542	54	4368	-	6
12.6	Contaminated soils and polluted dredging spoils	N	-	-	70	614	42265	199017	2517
		H	-	30	1093	-	2	-	-
12.7	Dredging spoils	N	-	-	-	-	-	48452	-
12.8.13	Mineral wastes from waste treatment and stabilised wastes	N	-	-	63803	100	9781	1562	1006
		H	-	-	-	-	110	1	-

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1) European Waste Classification for Statistics (EWC-Stat), by Commission Regulation (EU) No 849/2010
2) H – hazardous waste / N – non-hazardous waste
3) Sludges (EWC-Stat types 03.2, 03.3, 11 and 12.7) dry.
4) PCB – Polychlorinated biphenyls

	2021	2022
	t	t	Hazardous waste, %	Non-hazardous waste, %
Total	69663578	174282709	17.1	82.9
Reused	2336458	2503886	1.8	98.2
Energy recovery	103322	104045	7.0	93.0
Recycling	1816892	1940595	1.9	98.1
Backfilling	416244	459246	-	100.0
Disposed	67327119	171778822	17.3	82.7
Incineracion	-	-	-	-
Landfilling	67187097	171594738	17.3	82.7
Other disposal	140022	184084	-	100.0

Waste generation and treatment, 2022

During 2022 in the Republic of Serbia, the sections of economic acitivities generated 174.7 million tons of waste. Treated waste amounted to 174.3 million tons, whereof 6,8% more waste was recycled relative to the previous year.

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