City profile

Thessaloniki, Greece

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

Indicator year 2015Eur. & Cent. AsiaHIC

Municipal waste generated414.3kg per person · 2015 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate8.6%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 organics44.3%

Paper and cardboard22.2%

Plastic13.9%

Other materials6.8%

Wood4.6%

Glass4.3%

Metal3.9%

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

Landfill, unspecified85.3%

Recycling in treatment mix8.6%

Unaccounted6.2%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorMunicipal

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planYes

Information systemNo