Plastic waste incineration in Spain 2015-2021
In 2021, Spain incinerated roughly 90,000 metric tons of plastic waste, down from over 104,000 metric tons a year earlier. Despite the year-over-year decrease, plastic waste incineration in the Mediterranean country saw a growth of more than 25-fold since 2015. Incineration accounted for roughly ten percent of plastic waste generated in Spain that year.