World's biggest dump sites by daily volume 2024

Published by Ian Tiseo, Jan 22, 2025

Thousands of tons of waste are sent to the world's largest landfills every day. The Apex Regional landfill site in Las Vegas - the largest landfill site in world by area - receives more than 10,000 tons of waste every day. However, the Sudokwon landfill site in South Korea receives considerably more, at up to 20,000 tons of waste per day.

Daily volume of waste dumped at the largest landfills worldwide as of 2024 (in tons)

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Statistic: Daily volume of waste dumped at the largest landfills worldwide as of 2024 (in tons)

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January 2025

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2024

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