City profile

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Indicator year 2015L. Amer. & the CaribbeanUMIC

Municipal waste generated247.8kg per person · 2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage90%2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

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 organics57.7%

Other materials10.1%

Plastic8.9%

Paper and cardboard8.8%

Garden and green waste6.9%

Glass5.1%

Metal1.6%

Rubber and leather0.8%

Wood0.3%

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

Landfill, unspecified100%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorNot reported

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo