Municipal waste recycling rate South Korea 2020, by material

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 20, 2022
In South Korea, Metal waste reported the highest recycling rate among all the types of materials, with around 74.5 percent in 2020. On average, the recycling rate of municipal waste in South Korea stood at 59.5 percent.

Recycling rate of municipal waste in South Korea in 2020, by material

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2022

Region

South Korea

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

*The category's name and scope was changed from plastic to the now used "synthetic resin waste" in 2019.

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