City profile

Nairobi, Kenya

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Nairobi, Kenya.

Indicator year 2019Sub-Saharan AfricaLMIC

Municipal waste generated256.2kg per person · 2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage65%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate15%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste35%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Open dumping50%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

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

Food and organics51%

Other materials12%

Paper and cardboard10%

Plastic10%

Glass5%

Textiles4%

Garden and green waste3%

Wood2%

Hazardous waste2%

Metal1%

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

Open dumping50%

Uncollected35%

Recycling in treatment mix15%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorMunicipal

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planYes

Information systemNo