ANNEX

ANNEX L

MSW Disposal Methods by Country

Country

Income

Region

Algeria
Antigua and
Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Hong Kong, China
Hungary
Iceland2
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan3
Korea, South
Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao, China2
Madagascar2
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco4
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua

UMI

MNA

HIC

LCR

LMI
HIC
HIC
UMI
HIC
LMI
UMI
LI
LMI
HIC
UMI
UMI
UMI
HIC
UMI
HIC
HIC
HIC
UMI
HIC
UMI
LMI
LMI
LI
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
UMI
HIC
LMI
HIC
LI
UMI
UMI
UMI
HIC
HIC
LI
HIC
LMI
UMI
UMI
HIC
LMI
HIC
HIC
LMI

ECA
OECD
OECD
ECA
OECD
LCR
ECA
EAP
AFR
OECD
LCR
LCR
LCR
ECA
LCR
ECA
OECD
OECD
LCR
OECD
LCR
LCR
LCR
LCR
EAP
OECD
OECD
OECD
MENA
OECD
LCR
OECD
MENA
OECD
ECA
ECA
MENA
ECA
OECD
EAP
AFR
MENA
EAP
AFR
LCR
OECD
MENA
OECD
OECD
LCR

Dumps (%)
96.80

Landfills
(%)
0.20

Compost
(%)
1.00

99.00

100.00
95.00

54.00
22.37

37
24

60
37

95

34

100.00
69.66
6.75
96.00
11.57
100.00
82.90

100.00
46.00
71.95
69.50
100.00
87.20
79.78
5.09
100.00
92
90
22
59

55
90
72
66
90
54
100
3
85
36
100
40
46
44
19
21
97
88

91
97
27
1
2
85
28

44.72
4.00
22.77

12.48

0.90
11.10

3.24
15.28

1
9

33

19

23

Recycled
(%)

WTE (%)

Other (%)

2.00

1.00

30.34
26.54

31.10

5.00
26.78

0.29
2.40
4.80

1.27
25.57

45
3
16
34
10

17

49

8
4
23

31
2
3
4
4
25
15

21.10

34.32

13.97
54.04

6
9

12

74

14

2
39

32

0.90

17.10

60.74

5.39
27.20

12.80
1.74
0.03

10
78
4
76

6
15

1
50

100

13
63

132

17

38

87

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ANNEX L (continued)

MSW Disposal Methods by Country

Dumps (%)

Landfills
(%)

Compost
(%)

Recycled
(%)

Country

Income

Region

WTE (%)

Other (%)

Niger
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal5
Romania
Singapore6
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
St. Kitts and
Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab
Republic
Thailand
Trinidad and
Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela, RB
West Bank and
Gaza

LI
HIC
UMI
LMI
UMI
UMI
HIC
UMI
HIC
HIC
HIC
HIC
UMI

AFR
OECD
LCR
LCR
LCR
ECA
OECD
ECA
EAP
OECD
ECA
OECD
LCR

20
42
19

64
26
56
44
66
92
64
75
15
78
86
52
100

15

3
6

33

4
34

4
9

47
1

25

0
21

12

32
0
24
14
15

25
49
7
14

UMI
UMI

LCR
LCR

70
78

30
22

UMI
HIC
HIC

LCR
OECD
OECD

100

5
1

10
16

34
34

50
50

0
1

LMI

MENA

>60

<25

<5

<15

LMI
HIC

EAP
LCR

14

85
94

LMI
UMI
LI
HIC
HIC
UMI
UMI
LMI

MENA
ECA
AFR
OECD
OECD
LCR
LCR
MENA

45
66

32
59
69

50
30
100
64
54
3

30

0
1

9
8

17
24

8
14

66
41

NOTES:
For sources and year of data, see Annex C.
1. All waste is taken to landfills, where the waste is classfied and then sent to different destinations, such as recycling and composting plants.
2. Percentages may not add up to 100 because residues of some treatments, such as incineration and composting, are landfilled.
3. Landfilling refers to all waste disposed on land.
4. Recycled amount refers to both recycled and composted waste; other includes wastes imported from France for incineration with energy recovery.
5. Landfill includes non-controlled dumping sites.
6. MSW includes industrial waste from manufacturing industries; landfill includes ash from incineration.

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ANNEX L (continued)

MSW Disposal Methods by Country

Summary by Income Level
Income Level

Number of Countries Included

Lower Income
Lower Middle Income
Upper Middle Income
High Income
Total

7
17
27
39
90

Summary by Region
Region
AFR
EAP
ECA
LCR
MENA
OECD
SAR
Total

Number of Countries Included

6
6
13
27
10
0
28
90

89