		State of the Environment
		Bulgaria 2003
	Main page About SoE Indicators Links Contact us	Waste Municipal waste collected Source: NSI, ExEA Figure 2 illustrates the correlation between the total quantity of municipal waste collected on the landfills for organized collection /around 620/ and on 60 of the existing landfills containing approximately 70% of the total quantity of municipal waste. Each one of these 60 landfills serves a population of over 20 000 inhabitants. Data shows that for the period 1999-2001 the average annual quantity of municipal waste collected on the 620 landfills was 3.2 million tons and on the 60 landfillis-2.1 million tons. A serious problem that municipal officials face is the lack of success in the separate collection of waste. Despite numerous attempts there is no municipality that collects waste separately.
		Last update on March 2003