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Waste Atlas is a crowdsourcing free access map that visualizes municipal solid waste management data across the world for comparison and benchmarking purposes.

Waste Atlas is made with the contribution of scientists from different countries and the utilization of published data. Any contribution is more than welcomed but the figures published are firstly checked for mistakes or inconsistencies.

Waste Atlas already includes data for:

    164 Countries ( total 1,825,463,704 tn/yr or 97% of the Global Waste Generation )

    1799 Cities

    1626 Sanitary Landfills

    93 Dumpsites

    130 MBT units

    78 Biological Treatment

    716 WtE plants

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    Report

  • THE WORLD'S 50 BIGGEST DUMPSITES - 2014 REPORT

  • Description

    For the very first time, the World’s 50 biggest active dumpsites are profiled in this 2nd Annual Report of Waste Atlas. Data on important dumpsites are collected and visualized in a unified way, supported by a brief statistical analysis. These dumpsites could be associated with important negative socio-economic and environmental impacts, highlighting the importance of global cooperation for elimination of uncontrolled disposal sites.

    Report

  • WASTE ATLAS 2013 REPORT

  • Description

    Waste Atlas 1st Annual Report aims to present the concept of Waste Atlas and its main features to the wide public. The free access, crowdsourcing and non-commercial characteristics of Waste Atlas are highlighted and a brief analysis of the data uploaded is presented. In addition, major partners of Waste Atlas are presented and next steps and goals are outlined.

    Presentation

  • USING WASTE ATLAS FOR FORECASTING WASTE IN MENA REGION

  • Description

    This is a presentation of Alexandros Mavropoulos, Waste Atlas Project Manager. It was first presented in the 3rd Regional Forum of Sweep-Net in Cairo on May 14-16, 2013. This presentation is an overview of the Waste Atlas, of its content and features, and how waste planners and authorities can use Waste Atlas as a waste management tool. In addition, it provides the outcomes of a forecast made about the waste generation for certain countries that participate in Sweep-Net, based on forecasts available about economic growth, the evolution of population and consumption patterns.

    Presentation

  • UTILIZING WASTE ATLAS

  • Description

    "Utilizing Waste Atlas" is a presentation provided by the CEO and Founder of D-Waste, Mr. Antonis Mavropoulos. It was first presented in the 8th Conference of the "Jornadas Técnicas Internacionais de Resíduos", organized by GRAPESB in Portugal, held in Lisbon - Portugal from 16 to 18 of July 2013.


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