Controlled solid waste refers to the percentage of household and commercial waste generated in a country that is collected and treated in a manner that controls environmental risks. This metric counts waste as “controlled” if it is treated through recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion, incineration, or disposed of in a sanitary landfill. A score of 100 indicates a country controls 100% of its waste in a sustainable way, while a score of 0 indicates a country fails either to control any of its solid waste or to collect and report data on the fate of its solid waste. Data for this indicator come from the World Bank's What a Waste 2.0 report and Wiedinmyer et al. (2014).
Controlled solid waste
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Netherlands | 1 | 100 | - |
| Denmark | 3 | 99.8 | - |
| Sweden | 3 | 99.8 | - |
| Singapore | 5 | 99.6 | - |
| Switzerland | 6 | 99 | - |
| Mauritius | 7 | 98 | - |
| Germany | 8 | 97.9 | - |
| Finland | 9 | 97.7 | - |
| Belgium | 10 | 97.6 | - |
| Norway | 10 | 97.6 | - |
| Austria | 12 | 97.2 | - |
| South Korea | 13 | 96.7 | - |
| Malta | 13 | 96.7 | - |
| Luxembourg | 15 | 96.2 | - |
| France | 16 | 94.8 | - |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 92.9 | - |
| Algeria | 18 | 91.6 | - |
| Poland | 19 | 91.1 | - |
| Portugal | 20 | 90.2 | - |
| Czech Republic | 21 | 89.5 | - |
| Hungary | 22 | 89.2 | - |
| Spain | 23 | 89 | - |
| Lithuania | 24 | 87.8 | - |
| Japan | 25 | 86.5 | - |
| Iceland | 26 | 84.8 | - |
| Canada | 27 | 84.7 | - |
| Slovenia | 28 | 83.8 | - |
| Italy | 29 | 83.7 | - |
| Bulgaria | 30 | 83.6 | - |
| Greece | 31 | 83 | - |
| Ireland | 32 | 81.7 | - |
| Malaysia | 33 | 81.4 | - |
| Slovakia | 34 | 80.6 | - |
| Croatia | 35 | 80 | - |
| Grenada | 36 | 78.8 | - |
| Saint Lucia | 37 | 77.5 | - |
| Belarus | 37 | 77.5 | - |
| Cyprus | 37 | 77.5 | - |
| Australia | 40 | 77.3 | - |
| South Africa | 41 | 77 | - |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 42 | 75.1 | - |
| Estonia | 43 | 74.4 | - |
| Mexico | 44 | 74.3 | - |
| Ukraine | 45 | 73.1 | - |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46 | 72.8 | - |
| Israel | 47 | 72.2 | - |
| North Macedonia | 48 | 72.1 | - |
| New Zealand | 49 | 68 | - |
| Barbados | 50 | 67.2 | - |
| Brazil | 51 | 65.8 | - |
| Romania | 51 | 65.8 | - |
| Chile | 53 | 65.7 | - |
| Costa Rica | 54 | 64.8 | - |
| Dominica | 55 | 62.4 | - |
| Lebanon | 56 | 61.4 | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 56 | 61.4 | - |
| Latvia | 56 | 61.4 | - |
| Bahrain | 59 | 60.4 | - |
| Qatar | 60 | 60.2 | - |
| Bhutan | 61 | 59.7 | - |
| Turkmenistan | 62 | 59.2 | - |
| El Salvador | 63 | 55.5 | - |
| Sudan | 64 | 53.8 | - |
| Ecuador | 65 | 53.6 | - |
| China | 66 | 51.8 | - |
| Samoa | 67 | 51.7 | - |
| Indonesia | 68 | 49.8 | - |
| Uruguay | 69 | 48.9 | - |
| Turkey | 70 | 48.5 | - |
| United States of America | 71 | 48.3 | - |
| Serbia | 72 | 44.7 | - |
| Argentina | 73 | 44.6 | - |
| Guyana | 74 | 44.2 | - |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 43.9 | - |
| Jordan | 76 | 43.1 | - |
| Brunei Darussalam | 77 | 42.5 | - |
| Panama | 78 | 42 | - |
| Honduras | 79 | 40.3 | - |
| Fiji | 80 | 40 | - |
| Tunisia | 81 | 39.6 | - |
| Morocco | 81 | 39.6 | - |
| Paraguay | 83 | 35 | - |
| Thailand | 84 | 32.9 | - |
| Jamaica | 85 | 31.7 | - |
| Vanuatu | 86 | 31.4 | - |
| Bolivia | 87 | 31.1 | - |
| Pakistan | 87 | 31.1 | - |
| Nepal | 89 | 30.5 | - |
| Peru | 90 | 30 | - |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 91 | 27.9 | - |
| Tonga | 92 | 27.2 | - |
| United Arab Emirates | 93 | 26.8 | - |
| Cuba | 94 | 25.9 | - |
| Viet Nam | 95 | 22.8 | - |
| Marshall Islands | 96 | 22.1 | - |
| Iran | 97 | 19 | - |
| Laos | 98 | 18.7 | - |
| Philippines | 99 | 17.4 | - |
| Belize | 100 | 17 | - |
| Guatemala | 101 | 16.6 | - |
| Egypt | 102 | 16.3 | - |
| India | 103 | 16.1 | - |
| Moldova | 104 | 13.8 | - |
| Mauritania | 105 | 12.5 | - |
| Nicaragua | 106 | 11.4 | - |
| Zimbabwe | 107 | 11 | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 108 | 10.4 | - |
| Cameroon | 109 | 10.2 | - |
| Burkina Faso | 109 | 10.2 | - |
| Maldives | 111 | 9.6 | - |
| Nigeria | 112 | 7.7 | - |
| Benin | 113 | 5.8 | - |
| Dominican Republic | 114 | 5.7 | - |
| Kenya | 115 | 5.5 | - |
| Montenegro | 116 | 5.3 | - |
| Bangladesh | 117 | 5 | - |
| Uganda | 118 | 4.9 | - |
| Sri Lanka | 119 | 4.4 | - |
| Namibia | 120 | 4.2 | - |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 121 | 3.5 | - |
| Russia | 122 | 3.2 | - |
| Guinea | 123 | 2.5 | - |
| Kazakhstan | 124 | 2.2 | - |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 125 | 2.1 | - |
| Togo | 126 | 1 | - |
| Niger | 126 | 1 | - |
| Senegal | 128 | 0.9 | - |
| Haiti | 128 | 0.9 | - |
| Botswana | 130 | 0.7 | - |
| Mozambique | 130 | 0.7 | - |
| Madagascar | 132 | 0.6 | - |
| Albania | 133 | - | - |
| Ethiopia | 133 | - | - |
| Armenia | 133 | - | - |
| Azerbaijan | 133 | - | - |
| Djibouti | 133 | - | - |
| Micronesia | 133 | - | - |
| Iraq | 133 | - | - |
| Rwanda | 133 | - | - |
| Gabon | 133 | - | - |
| Central African Republic | 133 | - | - |
| Mali | 133 | - | - |
| Georgia | 133 | - | - |
| Solomon Islands | 133 | - | - |
| Sierra Leone | 133 | - | - |
| Myanmar | 133 | - | - |
| Ghana | 133 | - | - |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 133 | - | - |
| Suriname | 133 | - | - |
| Mongolia | 133 | - | - |
| Republic of Congo | 133 | - | - |
| Gambia | 133 | - | - |
| Eswatini | 133 | - | - |
| Seychelles | 133 | - | - |
| Chad | 133 | - | - |
| Guinea-Bissau | 133 | - | - |
| Malawi | 133 | - | - |
| Tajikistan | 133 | - | - |
| Equatorial Guinea | 133 | - | - |
| Timor-Leste | 133 | - | - |
| Kyrgyzstan | 133 | - | - |
| Cambodia | 133 | - | - |
| Kiribati | 133 | - | - |
| Burundi | 133 | - | - |
| Taiwan | 133 | - | - |
| Tanzania | 133 | - | - |
| Kuwait | 133 | - | - |
| Comoros | 133 | - | - |
| Cabo Verde | 133 | - | - |
| Liberia | 133 | - | - |
| Uzbekistan | 133 | - | - |
| Oman | 133 | - | - |
| Venezuela | 133 | - | - |
| Angola | 133 | - | - |
| Eritrea | 133 | - | - |
| Lesotho | 133 | - | - |
| Bahamas | 133 | - | - |
| Zambia | 133 | - | - |
| Afghanistan | 133 | - | - |