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Guinea

Waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and policy statistics for Guinea.

Indicator year 2022Sub-Saharan AfricaLMIC

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Municipal waste generated113kg per person · 2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 projection

Collection coverage9.7%World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage

Municipal recycling rate5%World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported treatment share

Uncollected waste—No published value

Open dumping—No published value

Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported material shares

Food and organics58%

Other materials23%

Paper and cardboard9%

Plastic4%

Textiles4%

Glass1%

Metal1%

Treatment and disposal

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

Unaccounted95%

Recycling in treatment mix5%

National waste framework

National waste lawYes

National waste planNot reported

Responsible institutionMinistry of the Environment, Water and Forests; National Agency for Sanitation (Agence Nationale de l’Assainissement et de la Salubrité Publique, ANASP)

Producer responsibilityNot reported

EPR operating statusNot reported

Deposit-return systemNot reported

Sources

What a Waste 3.0 country datasetWorld Bank ↗ Download source datasetCC BY 4.0 ↗

Waste composition

Treatment and disposal

National waste framework

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