City profile

Colombo, Sri Lanka

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Indicator year 2017S. AsiaLMIC

Municipal waste generated560.3kg per person · 2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage80%2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate4.7%2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste7%2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Open dumping69.8%2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2017 · reported material shares

Food and organics48%

Garden and green waste14%

Plastic13%

Paper and cardboard12%

Metal5%

Glass4%

Other materials4%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2017 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Open dumping69.8%

Incineration14.0%

Uncollected7%

Composting4.7%

Recycling in treatment mix4.7%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorMunicipal

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo