Municipal waste | Waste - OECD iLibrary

Municipal waste is defined as waste collected and treated by or for ... Keywords: waste, recycling, environment, garbage, management, sustainable. 1887 Home Statistics Waste Municipalwaste Waste Wasteisgeneratedatallstagesofhumanactivities:duringtheextractionofrawmaterials,theprocessingofrawmaterialsintointermediateandfinalproducts,theconsumptionoffinalproducts,etc.Municipalwasteisonlyabout10%oftotalwaste,butitsmanagementandtreatmentoftenrepresentsmorethanone-thirdofpublicsectorfinancialeffortstoabateandcontralpollution.Inappropriatewastemanagementimpactshumanhealthandtheenvironmentthroughsoilandwatercontamination,airquality,climate,landuseandlandscape. English Alsoavailablein: French RelatedContent: ToggleDropdown EnvironmentataGlance RelatedIndicators: ToggleDropdown Water Biodiversity Airandclimate Forest Environmentalpolicy Materials RelatedDatabases: ToggleDropdown OECDEnvironmentStatistics Keywords:waste,recycling,environment,garbage,management,sustainable https://doi.org/10.1787/66e10dfc-en . SubscribetotheRSSfeed SubscribetotheRSSfeed Municipalwaste Municipalwasteisdefinedaswastecollectedandtreatedbyorformunicipalities.Itcoverswastefromhouseholds,includingbulkywaste,similarwastefromcommerceandtrade,officebuildings,institutionsandsmallbusinesses,aswellasyardandgardenwaste,streetsweepings,thecontentsoflittercontainers,andmarketcleansingwasteifmanagedashouseholdwaste.Thedefinitionexcludeswastefrommunicipalsewagenetworksandtreatment,aswellaswastefromconstructionanddemolitionactivities.Thisindicatorismeasuredinthousandtonnesandinkilogramspercapita. English Alsoavailablein: French Keywords:health,soil,consumption,collection,municipality,sewage,waste,landscape,urbanisation,landuse,watercontamination,management,pollution,renewable Clicktoaccess: Clicktoaccessindicator DATA Youhaveaccesstoallonlineformats CITETHISINDICATOR Citethiscontentas: EMAILTHISPAGE Author(s) OECD https://doi.org/10.1787/89d5679a-en Thisisarequiredfield Pleaseenteravalidemailaddress ApprovalwasaSuccess Invaliddata AnErrorOccurred Approvalwaspartiallysuccessful,followingselecteditemscouldnotbeprocessedduetoerror OECDiLibrary: http://instance.metastore.ingenta.com/content/data/89d5679a-en https://doi.org/10.1787/89d5679a-en SEARCH_EXPAND_ITEM