City profile

Kraków, Poland

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Kraków, Poland.

Indicator year 2020Eur. & Cent. AsiaHIC

Municipal waste generated519.8kg per person · 2020 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate21.6%2020 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill1.2%2020 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2020 · reported material shares

No published split is available for this profile.

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2020 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Incineration32.2%

Mechanical-biological treatment31.5%

Recycling in treatment mix21.6%

Composting13.6%

Sanitary landfill1.2%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorNot reported

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo