In 2019, more than half of the people questioned in France systematically sorted their light packaging. This value was six percentage points higher than in 2013, when 43 percent of the people did not sort their light packaging waste systematically.
Distribution of the population sorting light packaging in France in selected years from 2013 to 2019
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Statistics on Waste in France
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Total waste generation in the EU-27 2020, by country
- Basic Statistic Waste generation per capita in the EU-27 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Waste generation in France 2010-2020
- Premium Statistic Volume of waste produced in France 2018, by sector
- Basic Statistic Total volume of waste produced by category in France 2018
- Premium Statistic Amount of packaging waste in France 2006-2020
Municipal waste
5
- Premium Statistic Total volume of waste produced per capita in the European Union 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Collected municipal waste volume in France 2015-2019, by collection type
- Premium Statistic Municipal waste collected in waste disposal centers in France 1996-2019
- Basic Statistic Volume of municipal waste collected in France 2005-2019
- Basic Statistic Breakdown of municipal waste treatment in waste disposal centers in France 2019
Waste treatment
5
- Premium Statistic Number of waste disposal centers in France 1996-2019
- Basic Statistic Number of municipal waste treatment facilities in France 2019, by type
- Basic Statistic Breakdown of materials collected in waste disposal centers in France 2019, by type
- Basic Statistic Enterprises collecting waste in France 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Veolia's volume of waste treated 2015-2021
Finances
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Energy generation
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- Premium Statistic Tonnage of incinerated waste with energy production in France 2000-2020
- Premium Statistic Primary energy production from waste in France 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Gross electricity production from waste in France 2000-2021
- Premium Statistic Projected gross electricity generation from biomass-waste in France 2015-2050
Hazardous waste
6
- Premium Statistic Volume of hazardous waste generated in France 2004-2020
- Basic Statistic Breakdown of hazardous waste treatment by type in France 2018
- Basic Statistic Hazardous waste generated by the construction sector in France 2008-2020
- Premium Statistic Nuclear waste present in France by level of radioactivity 2020
- Premium Statistic Radioactive waste breakdown by economic sector in France 2020
- Basic Statistic Volume of radioactive waste in France 2016-2040, by level of radioactivity
Recycling in France
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- Premium Statistic Recycling rate of municipal waste in France 2009-2020
- Premium Statistic Paper waste recycled in France 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Paper and cardboard for recycling: recovery rate in France 2010-2021
- Premium Statistic Packaging waste recycled in France 2020-2021
- Premium Statistic Household packaging waste recycling rate in France 2021, by material
Further related statistics
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- Share of French people who do not sort waste in 2018, by type of dwelling
- Knowledge of the benefits of sorting and recycling in France 2018
- French people's doubts about 2013-2018 packaging
- Waste separation in households in the Netherlands 2018
- Share of recycled household packaging in France 2013, by type
- Attitudes towards recycling in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
- Reasons for not recycling plastics in Poland 2017
- Average daily domestic waste disposal at landfills in Hong Kong 2013-2020
- Reasons for not recycling plastics in Germany 2017
- Recycled waste per household in England 2000-2013
- Recycled household waste volumes in England 2000-2013
- Waste separation among young people in the Netherlands 2018, by type
- Interest in waste separation among young people in the Netherlands 2018
- Packaging ratio in household waste in Japan 2009-2016
- Italy: survey on household waste separation 2010-2017
- Share of Hungarians collecting waste selectively 2020, by type
- Retail sales of indoor trash cans in the U.S. from 2012 to 2019
- Reasons to throw away fruit in Flanders (Belgium) 2017-2018
- Reasons for not recycling plastics in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
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- French people's doubts about 2013-2018 packaging
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- Share of recycled household packaging in France 2013, by type
- Attitudes towards recycling in the United Kingdom (UK) 2017
- Reasons for not recycling plastics in Poland 2017
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Ipsos. (July 8, 2019). Distribution of the population sorting light packaging in France in selected years from 2013 to 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096730/french-recycling-sorting-lightweight-packaging/
Ipsos. "Distribution of the population sorting light packaging in France in selected years from 2013 to 2019." Chart. July 8, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096730/french-recycling-sorting-lightweight-packaging/
Ipsos. (2019). Distribution of the population sorting light packaging in France in selected years from 2013 to 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096730/french-recycling-sorting-lightweight-packaging/
Ipsos. "Distribution of The Population Sorting Light Packaging in France in Selected Years from 2013 to 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096730/french-recycling-sorting-lightweight-packaging/
Ipsos, Distribution of the population sorting light packaging in France in selected years from 2013 to 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096730/french-recycling-sorting-lightweight-packaging/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
Distribution of the population sorting light packaging in France in selected years from 2013 to 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, July 8, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096730/french-recycling-sorting-lightweight-packaging/