City profile

Yerevan, Armenia

City waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and system statistics for Yerevan, Armenia.

Indicator year 2021Eur. & Cent. AsiaUMIC

Municipal waste generated293.8kg per person · 2021 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage100%2021 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · geographical coverage

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 · 2021 · reported material shares

Food and organics42.5%

Plastic19.4%

Other materials10%

Textiles9.4%

Paper and cardboard7.5%

Glass6.5%

Metal2.1%

Garden and green waste2.1%

Hazardous waste0.4%

Electrical and electronic waste0.3%

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2021 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Landfill, unspecified100%

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

Collection operatorMetropolitan

Collection modelMetropolitan

Local waste rulesNo

Long-term master planNo

Information systemNo