Yemen Country Profile on SWM
Country profile on the Solid Waste Management situation in Yemen (2010)
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Country report on the Solid Waste Management in Yemen (2010)
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Background Information
| Population: | 23 million (year 2009) |
| Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Generation: | 3.6 million tons (2009) |
| Per Capita MSW Generation: |
0.6 kg/day (urban areas) 0.35 kg/day (rural areas) |
| MSW Generation Growth: | 3%/year |
| Municipal Waste Composition (%) |
Medical waste generation: 3,692 tons (year 2009) 65% Organic materials 10% Plastics 7% Paper and cardboard 6% Metals 1% Glass 11% other |
| Industrial waste: | data not available |
| Hazardous waste: | data not available |
| Agricultural waste: | data not available |
Technical Performance
Municipal Waste:
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| MSW Collection Coverage: |
5 % in rural areas 70% in urban areas only 38% of the generated waste is collected and disposed of |
| MSW Final Destination: |
0% : Composted 6% : Recycled 26% : Landfilled 68% : Open dumped |
| Number of operational sanitary landfills: | 21 controlled and semi controlled landfill sites in use. |
Hazardous and industrial Waste:
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No hazardous waste landfills or plants are in place |
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| Types of disposal and treatments for medical waste: | Medical waste is disposed with other municipal waste in the same landfill and in the same way as other waste. A project to introduce the first medical waste treatment system in Sana’a City is under development. |
Policy and Planning Environment
- The National Strategy for SWM (2009-2013) adopted in 2009
Legal Framework
- Law 20 of 1999: established City Cleaning and improvement Funds to collect and administer revenue for providing SWM service
- Law N°39 of 1999 known as the Public Cleaning Law: defined the roles, responsibilities, and ways of dealing with various types of waste
- Law N°4 of the year 2000 “the Local Authorities Law”: modified the institutional structure of SWM
Institutional Framework
- Policy planning: Ministry of Local Administration
- Operation: The Local Authorities (LAs)
Financial and Cost Recovery Arrangements
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SWM FINANCING
- Investment: central government funds and foreign aid (83% of capital investments in 2006 were from foreign sources)
- Operation and maintenance costs: The Cleaning and Improvement Funds are used
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SWM COSTS
- Cost of domestic waste collection and disposal: US$30/ton (author’s estimation)
- Percentage of cost recovered in year 2007 was about 78% (author’s estimation)
Private Sector Involvement:
- In collection: a local private company has contracts with a number of cities to collect some of the recyclables in the landfills such as paper, cardboard, metals and plastics and export them in the form of compressed cubes
Options for Improvement
- Complete the implementation of the 20 strategic actions identified by the National Strategy for SWM
- Implement the investment plan (2020-2013)
- Benefit from the support of the regional network (Sweep-Net)