City profile

Maputo, Mozambique

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Maputo, Mozambique.

Indicator year 2018Sub-Saharan AfricaLIC

Municipal waste generated—No published value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping70%2018 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

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

Food and organics68%

Paper and cardboard12%

Plastic10%

Other materials10%

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

Open dumping70%

Unaccounted30%

Primary collectionCentralised drop-off point: people drop off waste at a specific location or shared (communal) container

Collection operatorPrivate

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo