Global Solid Waste Treatment Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2025-2031

The global Solid Waste Treatment market size is predicted to grow from US$ 261300 million in 2025 to US$ 321900 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.5% from 2025 to 2031.

Solid waste treatment refers to the process of managing, handling, and processing solid waste materials to minimize their environmental impact and ensure public health and safety. Solid waste, often referred to as garbage or trash, includes a wide range of non-liquid materials such as household waste, industrial waste, construction debris, and more. Proper treatment of solid waste is essential to prevent pollution, reduce the strain on natural resources, and promote sustainable waste management practices.

Sustainable Practices: Increasing awareness about environmental conservation and sustainable development is driving the demand for waste treatment methods that have a minimal impact on the environment. Technologies such as recycling, composting, and waste-to-energy are gaining traction as sustainable waste treatment options.

Waste-to-Energy Conversion: The conversion of waste into energy through technologies like incineration and anaerobic digestion is gaining prominence. This trend is fueled by the need to reduce landfill usage and tap into the energy potential of waste materials.

Circular Economy Initiatives: The shift towards a circular economy, where resources are reused, recycled, and repurposed, is influencing waste management practices. This trend encourages the development of processes that maximize the value extracted from waste materials.

LPI (LP Information)' newest research report, the “Solid Waste Treatment Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Solid Waste Treatment sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Solid Waste Treatment sales for 2025 through 2031. With Solid Waste Treatment sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Solid Waste Treatment industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Solid Waste Treatment landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Solid Waste Treatment portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Solid Waste Treatment market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Solid Waste Treatment and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Solid Waste Treatment.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Solid Waste Treatment market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Paper & Paperboard Waste
Metals Waste
Plastics Waste
Food Waste
Glass Waste
Others

Segmentation by Application:
Landfill
Recycling
Incineration/Combustion
Composting/Anaerobic Digestion

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Waste Management, Inc
Waste Connections
Hitachi Zosen Corporation
SUEZ
Veolia
Biffa plc
Covanta Holding Corporation
Republic Services, Inc
Remondis SE & Co. KG
GFL Environmental Services
Cleanaway
Urbaser
Zhejiang Weiming Environment Protection
Nanhai Development
Shanghai Environment Group
Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry
Dynagreen

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