Country profile

India

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

Indicator year 2021S. AsiaLMIC

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Municipal waste generated143.5kg per person · 2021 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

Collection coverage95.4%2021 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected

Municipal recycling rate—No published value

Uncollected waste4.6%2021 · 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 · 2021 · reported material shares

Food and organics45%

Other materials23.2%

Plastic16.1%

Paper and cardboard7.4%

Textiles5.3%

Glass1.1%

Metal1.1%

Rubber and leather1.1%

Treatment and disposal

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

Other treatment50%

Unaccounted27.1%

Landfill, unspecified18.4%

Uncollected4.6%

National waste framework

National waste lawYes

National waste planNational Action Plan For Municipal Solid Waste

Responsible institutionAgency: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Departments: (1)The Hazardous Substances Management Division (HSMD), (2)Life Cell

Producer responsibilityYes

EPR operating statusLegally-binding regulations in place

Deposit-return systemYes

Sources

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

Waste composition

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National waste framework

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