City profile

San Salvador, El Salvador

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for San Salvador, El Salvador.

Indicator year 2020L. Amer. & the CaribbeanUMIC

Municipal waste generated354.1kg per person · 2020 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage85%2020 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill100%2020 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2020 · reported material shares

Food and organics31.5%

Plastic27.4%

Other materials19.1%

Paper and cardboard17.0%

Textiles2.3%

Glass1.2%

Metal1.0%

Wood0.5%

Rubber and leather0.2%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2020 · 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 modelNot reported

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo