Recycling rate of packaging waste in the European Union 2021, by country
packaging recycling rate of 65 percent by 2025, and 70 percent by 2030.
The European Union (EU-27) member state with the highest recycling rate for packaging waste in 2021 was Belgium, at some 80 percent. That year, nine countries had a higher recycling rate than the EU average of 64 percent. Under the European Commission's Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, member states have committed to achieving a