City profile

Lome, Togo

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Lome, Togo.

Indicator year 2017Sub-Saharan AfricaLIC

Municipal waste generated158kg per person · 2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage29.3%2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste67.8%2017 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

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

Other materials57.6%

Food and organics12.9%

Plastic10%

Textiles9.1%

Paper and cardboard7.6%

Glass1.4%

Metal1.4%

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

Uncollected67.8%

Landfill, unspecified29.3%

Composting3.0%

Primary collectionOther / multiple (please state)

Collection operatorDecentralized/Community

Collection modelRegional/Provincial/State

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo