City profile

Tirana, Albania

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Tirana, Albania.

Indicator year 2018Eur. & Cent. AsiaUMIC

Municipal waste generated243.1kg per person · 2018 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage—No published value

Municipal recycling rate10%2018 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill85%2018 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2018 · reported material shares

No published split is available for this profile.

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2018 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Sanitary landfill85%

Recycling in treatment mix10%

Unaccounted5%

Composting0%

Primary collectionCentralised drop-off point: people drop off waste at a specific location or shared (communal) container

Collection operatorMixed public-private

Collection modelMetropolitan

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo