City profile

Montevideo, Uruguay

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Montevideo, Uruguay.

Indicator year 2022L. Amer. & the CaribbeanHIC

Municipal waste generated423.2kg per person · 2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill100%2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 · reported material shares

Food and organics41.0%

Paper and cardboard19.1%

Plastic15.9%

Other materials10.8%

Glass5.7%

Textiles2.6%

Garden and green waste2.4%

Metal2.1%

Rubber and leather0.4%

Hazardous waste0.2%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Sanitary landfill100%

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

Collection operatorMixed public-private

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planYes

Information systemYes