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Table 2
Percentage contribution (%) of food, garden, paper and cardboard, wood textile, nappies, rubber and leather, plastic, metal, glass, and other miscellaneous
materials (mean value) in municipal solid waste from collection to disposal at landfill sites across different regions of the world
Region
Food waste
Garden waste
Paper and
cardboard
Wood
Textiles
Nappies
Rubber and
leather
Plastics
Metals
Glass
Other
Asia
Central
30.0
1.4
24.7
2.5
3.5
0
0
8.4
0.8
5.9
23.0
Eastern
40.3
0
20.4
2.1
1.0
0
0
6.5
2.7
4.3
22.9
South-Eastern
49.9
1.0
11.2
0.8
0.4
0
0
10.2
4.2
3.7
18.6
Southern
66.1
0
9.2
0
1.2
0
0.4
7.0
0.9
1.5
13.9
Western
42.2
3.2
15.3
0.8
3.0
0.4
0.3
17.2
2.5
3.4
11.8
Africa
Northern
50.4
0
12.1
0
5.8
0
0
13.8
4.4
3.3
10.5
Eastern
44.4
6.9
10.4
0.5
3.0
0
0.4
8.0
2.6
2.1
21.7
Middle
28.4
0
8
0
1.3
0
0
7.1
1.4
1.1
52.7
Southern
24
0
14.5
0
5.5
0
0
26.5
6.5
9.0
14.0
Western
53.9
0
7.5
0
1.9
0
0
6.4
2.7
1.3
26.5
Europe
(continued)