City profile

Tallinn, Estonia

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

Indicator year 2019Eur. & Cent. AsiaHIC

Municipal waste generated527.1kg per person · 2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage100%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate32.8%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill7.7%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2019 · reported material shares

Food and organics27.5%

Paper and cardboard25.7%

Plastic15.1%

Other materials13.2%

Glass9.3%

Textiles3.4%

Metal2.8%

Wood1.5%

Electrical and electronic waste1.4%

Hazardous waste0.2%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2019 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Incineration45.7%

Recycling in treatment mix32.8%

Composting13.7%

Sanitary landfill7.7%

Unaccounted0.1%

Primary collectionOther / multiple (please state)

Collection operatorDecentralized/Community

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planYes

Information systemYes