City profile

Minsk, Belarus

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Minsk, Belarus.

Indicator year 2019Eur. & Cent. AsiaUMIC

Municipal waste generated313.2kg per person · 2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate17%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2019 · reported material shares

Food and organics40%

Other materials23.8%

Plastic11%

Paper and cardboard9.5%

Glass6.5%

Wood6.3%

Textiles1.3%

Hazardous waste1%

Metal0.8%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2019 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Landfill, unspecified83%

Recycling in treatment mix17%

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

Collection operatorMetropolitan

Collection modelMetropolitan

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo