Waste Management Concessions: 844 Tracked Worldwide

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Figures as of August 2026. Methodology: /docs/methodology.

How many waste-management concessions does Concessio track?

844 visible waste-management concessions across 57 countries, as of August 2026. The table below shows the eight markets with the deepest visible stock; the remaining roughly 49 countries carry smaller counts each and aren't broken out individually here.

This is a selected-markets table, not the full 57-country breakdown, and its rows should not be added together — a summed figure would be an arithmetic guess, not a verified count.

Where is coverage deepest?

China leads with 221 visible waste-management concessions, followed by India (131), France (61) and Croatia (50). Brazil (49), the United Kingdom (47), Bulgaria (43) and Italy (35) complete the markets shown. The UK stock is dominated by PFI waste contracts; Japan's municipal treatment-plant PFIs also contribute to the class outside these eight. Concessio tracks what municipalities, ministries and concessionaires actually publish.

Where does near-term re-tender pressure concentrate?

30 waste-management records in Concessio's expiring pipeline reach end of term within 36 months. Croatia accounts for 10 of them, with the United Kingdom and India at 5 each. For context: 326 of the 844 visible waste-management concessions carry a documented end date, so the near-term figure describes the documented pipeline, not every contract in force.

What contract and operating data sits behind the records?

Waste-management records carry 105 operational KPI records and 40 extracted contract clauses — including availability-payment mechanics common in treatment-plant PPPs — each cited to the underlying contract, gazette or regulatory document.

An example record

Hamamatsu New Cleaning Plant and Crushing Treatment Center PFI (Japan). Operator: Nippon Steel Engineering. Grantor: Hamamatsu City. Term: 2018–2044. Source: Japan Cabinet Office PFI project database (www8.cao.go.jp/pfi). Every Concessio record traces to a primary government, regulatory or multilateral source in this way.