City profile

Managua, Nicaragua

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Managua, Nicaragua.

Indicator year 2010L. Amer. & the CaribbeanLMIC

Municipal waste generated334.3kg per person · 2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage65%2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate0.8%2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping26.7%2010 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2010 · reported material shares

No published split is available for this profile.

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2010 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Landfill, unspecified60.4%

Open dumping26.7%

Other treatment11.9%

Recycling in treatment mix0.8%

Unaccounted0.2%

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

Collection operatorMunicipal

Collection modelMetropolitan

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo