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Household rubbish and recycling

Municipal waste is collected daily; bicompartmented street containers separate organic from reject waste.

Why it matters
Know how to dispose of waste.
When
You move in.
Last checked
7 Oct 2026

Cost: The waste tax (taxa de residus, Ordenança fiscal 2.21, in force since 1 Jan 2025) is charged to the property owner, not the tenant; it is weighted about 70% on registered residents and 30% on floor area, collected by the ORGT of the Diputació de Barcelona.

What you need

Steps

  1. Know the container colors
    Brown = organic (collected every night, 7 days a week); gray = rejection/residual (collected through the day); green = glass (always collected by day); yellow = light packaging (envasos); blue = paper and cardboard. Paper and packaging are usually collected by day.
  2. Other services
    The Ajuntament also offers container cleaning, furniture collection at home, the municipal deixalleria (C. Arquímedes 1) and mobile deixalleries (locations/times published by the Ajuntament).
  3. Report issues
    Sanitation phone 900 28 29 30 (Mon-Fri 8:00-20:00 per earlier catalog).

Where

Official sources

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