City profile

Chisinau, Moldova

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Chisinau, Moldova.

Indicator year 2013Eur. & Cent. AsiaUMIC

Municipal waste generated474.5kg per person · 2013 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate2.3%2013 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2013 · reported material shares

Food and organics52.5%

Other materials13.9%

Plastic11.4%

Paper and cardboard10.1%

Glass5.6%

Textiles3.9%

Metal2.2%

Wood0.3%

Hazardous waste0.1%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2013 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Landfill, unspecified97.7%

Recycling in treatment mix2.3%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorNot reported

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo