City profile

Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Indicator year 2016Sub-Saharan AfricaLMIC

Municipal waste generated509.9kg per person · 2016 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage73.4%2016 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate4.2%2016 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste26.6%2016 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Open dumping48%2016 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2016 · reported material shares

Food and organics38.9%

Plastic15.9%

Garden and green waste9.9%

Other materials9.0%

Paper and cardboard8.0%

Rubber and leather6.0%

Metal5.4%

Textiles5%

Glass2.0%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2016 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Open dumping48%

Uncollected26.6%

Unaccounted21.2%

Recycling in treatment mix4.2%

Primary collectionDoor-to-door collection: waste collector knocks on door or rings doorbell and waits for resident to bring waste

Collection operatorDecentralized/Community

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo