City profile

Yaounde, Cameroon

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Yaounde, Cameroon.

Indicator year 2013Sub-Saharan AfricaLMIC

Municipal waste generated149.6kg per person · 2013 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage20%2013 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2013 · reported material shares

Food and organics77%

Plastic8.1%

Other materials6.2%

Glass3.9%

Paper and cardboard3.2%

Metal1.6%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2013 · reported treatment and disposal shares

No published split is available for this profile.

Primary collectionOther / multiple (please state)

Collection operatorPrivate

Collection modelRegional/Provincial/State

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planYes

Information systemNo