Senegal faces significant challenges in managing its municipal solid waste (MSW), with over 2.9 million tonnes generated annually, of which nearly half remains uncollected. Waste disposal is largely dominated by informal dumping and burning, particularly outside urban centers, contributing to severe environmental degradation, greenhouse gas emissions, and public health risks. The country lacks engineered sanitary landfills, decentralized treatment systems, and comprehensive waste recovery infrastructure. Waste pickers, especially at the Mbeubeuss landfill, which is the largest landfill in Senegal, form a substantial informal workforce operating under hazardous conditions without legal protection or health safeguards. Although waste recovery efforts have emerged in the metal, plastic, and electronic sectors, these remain nascent, fragmented, and often informal. PROMOGED, a national project backed by the World Bank, aims to improve integrated solid waste management through the rehabilitation of existing dumpsites and the construction of technical landfill sites. However, the continued absence of selective sorting systems, formalized recycling frameworks, and safe treatment options for hazardous, sanitary, and biomedical waste highlights the urgent need for a more structured, inclusive, and sustainable national waste management strategy.