Country profile

Trinidad and Tobago

Waste generation, collection, composition, treatment and policy statistics for Trinidad and Tobago.

Indicator year 2021L. Amer. & the CaribbeanHIC

Municipal waste generated525.7kg per person · 2021 · World Bank What a Waste 3.0 · reported value

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

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 organics20.6%

Other materials20.5%

Paper and cardboard18.0%

Plastic12.8%

Garden and green waste11.8%

Textiles11.4%

Metal2.3%

Glass2.1%

Hazardous waste0.7%

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

No published split is available for this profile.

National waste lawYes

National waste planNational Waste Recycling Policy 2015

Responsible institutionEnvironmental Management Authority

Producer responsibilityYes

EPR operating statusOffcial policy or strategy document approved

Deposit-return systemYes