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Romania

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

Indicator years 2022–2023Eur. & Cent. AsiaHIC
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Municipal waste generated305kg per person · 2023 · Eurostat · municipal waste generated
Collection coverage95.2%2022 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · population coverage
Municipal recycling rate12.4%2023 · Eurostat · municipal recycling rate
Uncollected waste—No published value
Open dumping—No published value
Sanitary landfill—No published value

Waste composition

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 · reported material shares

Food and organics56.5%
Paper and cardboard14.5%
Plastic13.3%
Glass5.9%
Metal4.5%
Wood2.9%
Other materials1.5%
Electrical and electronic waste0.9%

Treatment and disposal

World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · 2022 · reported treatment and disposal shares

Landfill, unspecified78.8%
Incineration8.0%
Recycling in treatment mix7.4%
Composting5.4%
Unaccounted0.4%

National waste framework

National waste lawYes
National waste planThe National Waste Management Plan - 2014-2020 (Planul National De Gestionare A Deseurilor - 2014-2020)
Responsible institutionMinistry of the Environment [Ministerul Mediului (MM)]; National Environmental Protection Agency [Agentia Nationala pentru Protectia Mediului (ANPM)]
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 ↗ Municipal waste by waste management operationsEurostat ↗ Recycling rate of municipal wasteEurostat ↗

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