City profile

Panama City, Panama

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

Indicator year 2015L. Amer. & the CaribbeanHIC

Municipal waste generated500.1kg per person · 2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage100%2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate2%2015 · 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 · 2015 · reported material shares

Food and organics39%

Plastic19%

Paper and cardboard15%

Other materials10%

Textiles6%

Metal4%

Wood3%

Glass2%

Electrical and electronic waste1%

Hazardous waste1%

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

Controlled landfill65%

Unaccounted33%

Recycling in treatment mix2%

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

Collection operatorMixed public-private

Collection modelNational

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planYes

Information systemNo