Table 7.
Waste composition (%) in developing countries.
| Area | Organic | Paper | Plastic | Glass | Metal | Others | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phnom Penh/Cambodia | 63.3 | 6.4 | 15.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 13.0 | [68] |
| Mekong Delta/Vietnam | 80.0 | 4.7 | 6.3–7.1 | 0.7–1.0 | 0.5–0.7 | 0.9–1.4 | [32] |
| Bangkok/Thailand | 43.0 | 12.1 | 10.9 | 6.6 | 3.5 | 23.9 | [69] |
| Bahrain/Bahrain Kingdom | 59.6 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 9.2 | [70] |
| Baghdad/Iraq | 70.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 15.3 | [71] |
| Amman/Jordan | 54.4 | 14 | 13.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 13.2 | [72] |
| Abadan/Iran | 66.9 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 2.8 | 1.35 | 3.45 | [73] |
| Chittagong/Bangladesh | 62.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | [38] |
| Kathmandu/Nepal | 71.0 | 7.5 | 12.0 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 7.9 | [58] |
| Lagos/Nigeria | 68.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 8 | [74] |
| Cape Haitian/Haiti | 65.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 5.8 | 2.6 | 7.9 | [30] |
| Bhutan | 62.2 | 15.2 | 13.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 6.1 | [61] |
| Chihuahua/Mexico | 48.0 | 16.1 | 11.9 | 5.9 | 2.4 | 16.0 | [64] |
| Ghana | 61.0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 14.0 | [19] |
| Nablus/Palestine | 65.1 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 5.4 | [33] |
| Moratuwa/Sri Lanka | 90.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | [75] |
| Allahabad/India | 45.3 | 4.69 | 2.86 | 0.73 | 2.54 | 43.88 | [76] |
| Portugal | 35.5 | 25.9 | 11.5 | 5.4 | 2.6 | 19.1 | [34] |
| Kraków/Poland | 36.2 | 19.9 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 2.9 | 18.8 | [77] |
| Castellón de la Plana/Spain | 57.0 | 15.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | [78] |
| London, Ontario/Canada | 30.0 | 32.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 | [79] |