Industrial Waste Makes Up 79pc of Bahrain’s Hazardous Total
Industrial waste made up almost four in every five tonnes of hazardous waste produced in Bahrain last year, as the kingdom generated 121,500 tonnes and ended 2025 with a stockpile of 548,300 tonnes.
Figures from the Waste Management Department show that factories and other industrial sites produced 96,100 tonnes, or about 79pc of the total. Another 24,700 tonnes came from other hazardous waste streams, while medical waste stood at 734.8 tonnes. Of the year’s total, about 43,000 tonnes were sent for recycling and 5,300 tonnes were shipped overseas.
A further 64,800 tonnes went through other treatment or disposal routes. About 11,900 tonnes were burnt, while 1,700 tonnes were buried in landfill sites.
The amount collected during the year stood at about 121,500 tonnes, almost the same as the amount produced. Some 121,400 tonnes were managed or treated inside Bahrain.
The stockpile fell by about 29,000 tonnes over the year, from 577,400 tonnes at the start of 2025 to 548,300 tonnes by the end of December.
The figures show the scale of the task facing Bahrain as industrial, medical and trade activity keeps waste plants, recycling firms and specialist transport operators busy.
They also point to room for investment in recycling, treatment plants and waste transport, with firms able to recover value from material that would otherwise remain stored or be thrown away.
Higher treatment and recycling capacity would help cut the amount held in storage and feed usable material back into supply chains as part of the circular economy.
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