City profile

Ndola, Zambia

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Ndola, Zambia.

Indicator year 2015Sub-Saharan AfricaLMIC

Municipal waste generated208kg per person · 2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate15%2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste19%2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2015 · reported material shares

Food and organics37%

Garden and green waste34%

Other materials15%

Paper and cardboard7%

Plastic7%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2015 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Landfill, unspecified63%

Uncollected19%

Recycling in treatment mix15%

Composting3%

Incineration0%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorNot reported

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo