City profile

Yangon, Myanmar

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Yangon, Myanmar.

Indicator year 2019E. Asia & PacificLMIC

Municipal waste generated219kg per person · 2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage75%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate25%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste25%2019 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

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

Food and organics44.3%

Plastic19.7%

Other materials11.0%

Paper and cardboard8.9%

Textiles7.1%

Glass5.9%

Metal2.2%

Hazardous waste0.9%

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

Controlled landfill50%

Recycling in treatment mix25%

Uncollected25%

Primary collectionNot reported

Collection operatorNot reported

Collection modelNot reported

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo