| Waste category | FW | EW | Landfill records a | Average Colombia b |
|---|
| Food | 45.9 | – | 26.7–40.6 | 61.5c |
| Yard waste | 5.9 | 7.4 | 6.1–14.5 |
| Paper and cardboard | 5.6 | 1.4 | 1.9–16.3 | 6.6 |
| Plastics | 22.3 | 26.2 | 10.8–19.2 | 10.8 |
| Sanitary | 8.8 | 2.4 | 2.4–6.3 | – |
| Textiles | 5.0 | 1.4 | 1.3–6.2 | 2.7 |
| Metals | 0.3 | – | 0.2–6.9 | 1.0 |
| Wood | 1.2 | – | 0.1–5.7 | 0.5 |
| Glass | 2.4 | – | 0.8–5.0 | 2.4 |
| Ceramic | 0.3 | – | 0.0–11.3 | – |
| Rubber and leather | 1.3 | – | 0.0–1.8 | – |
| Others | 0.9 | – | 0.0–14.0 | 14.4 |
| Non-identifiable | – | 61.1 | – | – |
| Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
- a: Fresh MSW received between 2010 and 2016; b: Fresh MSW produced in major cities (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Inter-American Development Bank), cited by [4]); c: Organics, mainly consisting of food and yard waste
