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Serbia

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

Indicator years 2021–2023Eur. & Cent. AsiaUMIC
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Municipal waste generated467kg per person · 2023 · Eurostat · municipal waste generated
Collection coverage88%2021 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · share of waste collected
Municipal recycling rate15.2%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 · 2021 · reported material shares

Food and organics40%
Other materials13.7%
Paper and cardboard13%
Plastic12.1%
Electrical and electronic waste5.7%
Metal5.2%
Glass4.1%
Wood3.4%
Textiles2.8%

Treatment and disposal

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

Landfill, unspecified80.6%
Recycling in treatment mix18.1%
Unaccounted0.7%
Incineration0.4%
Composting0.3%

National waste framework

National waste lawYes
National waste planWaste Management Program Of The Republic Of Serbia For The Period 2022-2031
Responsible institutionMinistry of Environmental Protection [Министарство заштите животне средине]; Agency for Environmental Protection [Агенција за заштиту животне средине]
Producer responsibilityYes
EPR operating statusLegally-binding regulations in place
Deposit-return systemNot reported

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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