City profile

Caracas, Venezuela, RB

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Caracas, Venezuela, RB.

Indicator year 2010L. Amer. & the CaribbeanLMIC

Municipal waste generated555.2kg per person · 2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage81.2%2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · geographical coverage

Municipal recycling rate0.9%2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill99.1%2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2010 · reported material shares

Food and organics50%

Other materials50%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2010 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Sanitary landfill99.1%

Recycling in treatment mix0.9%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorMixed public-private

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planYes

Information systemNo