City profile

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Indicator year 2014Eur. & Cent. AsiaUMIC

Municipal waste generated462.1kg per person · 2014 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage95%2014 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping100%2014 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2014 · reported material shares

Other materials42.4%

Paper and cardboard17%

Food and organics15%

Plastic14%

Textiles7.3%

Glass2.5%

Electrical and electronic waste1.8%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2014 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Open dumping100%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorPrivate

Collection modelOther

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo