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Sustainable Cities & Communities - Goal 11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Indicator 11.6.1: Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by cities

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Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by cities

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Method of computation Solid waste recycling = ( volume of waste recycled / total collected waste ) * 100 Benchmark Min = 0% Max = 63.33% Calculated from data from 2010 to 2012 available at Eurostat (2014). __* = 50 Obtained from European Parliament, Council of the European Union (2008). Standardization (S) see report for Standardization details
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Proportion of urban solid waste regularly collected and with adequate final discharge out of total urban solid waste generated, by cities
Target name By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management.
Global indicator description The recycling rate is the tonnage recycled from municipal waste divided by the total municipal waste arising. Recycling includes material recycling, composting and anaerobic digestion. Municipal waste consists to a large extent of waste generated by households, but may also include similar wastes generated by small businesses and public institutions and collected by the municipality; this latter part of municipal waste may vary from municipality to municipality and from country to country, depending on the local waste management system (Eurostat, 2013)
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UN custodial agency UN Habitat, UNSD (Partnering Agencies: UNEP)
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