The Waste Methane Assessment Platform, or WasteMAP, was created by RMI and the Clean Air Task Force, with funding from the Global Methane Hub, to improve waste methane emissions transparency and to highlight mitigation opportunities and best practices to reduce solid waste methane emissions.

The Waste Methane Assessment Platform, or WasteMAP, was created by RMI and the Clean Air Task Force, with funding from the Global Methane Hub, to highlight waste methane emissions, mitigation opportunities, and best practices to reduce solid waste methane emissions.

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WasteMAP | Map of Global Waste Methane Emissions

WasteMAP | Map of Global Waste Methane Emissions | WasteMAP

The chart above shows annual per capita waste sector methane emissions in kg CH4/person/yr from two data sources, UNFCCC (2024) and EDGAR (2023). Please refer to our [methodology](/data-and-methodology) for additional details.