Lleida Ranks High in Glass Recycling

Ecovidrio’s 2025 recycling data put Lleida near the top of Catalonia’s provincial ranking for glass collection, with 21.9 kilograms of glass packaging deposited per resident in the green container. The figure placed Lleida third among Catalonia’s four provinces, behind Girona and Tarragona and ahead of Barcelona, according to Ecovidrio data cited by La Vanguardia on May 17. Catalonia as a whole averaged 22.1 kilograms per person in 2025, above Spain’s 20-kilogram average. ### Where does Lleida sit in Catalonia’s ranking? Girona led Catalonia in 2025 with 30.5 kilograms per inhabitant, followed by Tarragona with 23 kilograms, Lleida with 21.9 kilograms and Barcelona with 19.2 kilograms, according to Ecovidrio’s provincial results and the Catalonia-wide figures published by La Vanguardia. That left Lleida slightly below the Catalan average but above the national one. (lavanguardia.com) La Vanguardia said the Catalan data showed 179,974 tonnes of glass packaging collected selectively across the region in 2025. The newspaper, citing Ecovidrio, also said each Catalan deposited the equivalent of about 76 containers, compared with a Spanish average of 68. ### What do the Lleida numbers show beyond the per-capita rate? (lavanguardia.com) Ecovidrio said Lleida residents deposited 9,991 tonnes of glass packaging in the province’s green containers in 2025. The group said that was a 1.9% increase from the previous year despite what it described as an estimated 2% contraction in consumption. The Lleida release did not place the province among Spain’s very top provinces, but it showed the province remained one of Catalonia’s stronger performers. (lavanguardia.com) Girona, by contrast, ranked third nationally with 30.5 kilograms per person, behind only the Balearic Islands at 42.1 kilograms and Gipuzkoa at 33.3 kilograms, La Vanguardia reported. (ecovidrio.es) ### How does Catalonia compare with the rest of Spain? Spain reached an estimated glass-packaging recycling rate of 72.3% in 2025, above the 70% target set for 2025 under Spain’s packaging and packaging-waste rules, Ecovidrio said in a March 18 release. The organization said 1,042,834 tonnes of glass packaging waste were recovered in 2025 and that more than 98% of the market was covered by its system. Catalonia’s 22.1 kilograms per person compared with the national average of 20 kilograms, according to Ecovidrio and La Vanguardia. (lavanguardia.com) Barcelona city separately recorded 21.77 kilograms per resident, making it Spain’s sixth-highest provincial capital by citizen contribution to the green container, Ecovidrio said in an April 13 release. (ecovidrio.es) ### Why do the provincial gaps matter? Tarragona’s April 13 release showed how Ecovidrio presents the provincial comparisons to local governments and municipalities. In that statement, Iván Costa, Ecovidrio’s manager in Catalonia, said the group would keep working with local administrations to reinforce the collection model and improve glass-packaging recovery. The Catalonia-wide figures also point to differences in local collection systems and participation rates. (lavanguardia.com) Catalonia had 43,346 green containers in 2025, or one for every 188 residents, in line with the Spanish average, La Vanguardia reported. ### What comes next in the data cycle? Ecovidrio published its Spain-wide 2025 results on March 18, 2026, and released provincial breakdowns for Catalonia in April 2026, including Tarragona and Barcelona on April 13 and Lleida in a separate April release. (ecovidrio.es) The organization’s website says users can consult recycling figures by region, province and municipality, which is where the next local comparisons will be updated. (ecovidrio.es) (lavanguardia.com)