Iran with 80 million population with GDP $1336 Billion PPP is rated as 18th largest and most populated country the 19th largest economy in the world (UNIDO, Oct- 2016). Generating of almost 20,000,000 tons of solid waste annually (600-700 g/day per Capita) while only 5% of the waste is recycled and only 2% of the remaining waste is landfilled hygienically, the rest is buried without any change. You could add 60 Million tons/year of Construction Waste, 50,000 tons/year of Greenhouse Gases, and 10,000,000m3 of Leachate from landfills shows the high potential of working in the waste management field in Iran.
87% of cities use mechanized and semi-mechanized waste collection system with the cost of 28-43 US$/Ton
