City profile

Tokyo, Japan

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Tokyo, Japan.

Indicator year 2022E. Asia & PacificHIC

Municipal waste generated317.9kg per person · 2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage100%2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate16.4%2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill0.1%2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 · reported material shares

Paper and cardboard44.0%

Plastic19.1%

Food and organics17.0%

Wood5.9%

Textiles5.2%

Glass3.1%

Other materials2.2%

Metal2.0%

Rubber and leather0.9%

Electrical and electronic waste0.6%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Incineration78.8%

Recycling in treatment mix16.4%

Mechanical-biological treatment4.7%

Sanitary landfill0.1%

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

Collection operatorMunicipal

Collection modelMunicipal

Local waste rulesYes

Long-term master planYes

Information systemYes