City profile

Kaunas, Lithuania

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Kaunas, Lithuania.

Indicator years varyEur. & Cent. AsiaHIC

Municipal waste generated—No published value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2018 · reported material shares

Food and organics31.1%

Other materials24.0%

Plastic21.4%

Paper and cardboard7.1%

Garden and green waste6.3%

Glass4.2%

Textiles3.1%

Wood1.5%

Metal1.4%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2018 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Mechanical-biological treatment61.9%

Incineration27.9%

Controlled landfill6.0%

Unaccounted4.2%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorState-owned enterprise

Collection modelIntermunicipal

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo