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Recycling rate of municipal waste in the European Union 2019, by country

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 5, 2021
Germany is the leading recycler of municipal waste in the European Union, with an estimated recycling rate of roughly 67 percent in 2019. This was followed by Slovenia, which had an estimated recycling rate of 59 percent. The recycling rate of municipal waste in the EU has been steadily growing since the turn of the century, and averaged approximately 47 percent in 2019.

Recycling rate of municipal waste in the European Union (EU-28) in 2019, by country*

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Release date

February 2021

Region

EU

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

*These figures are Eurostat estimates and provisional.
**2018 figures

According to the source, the indicator presents the the tonnage recycled from municipal waste divided by the total municipal waste arisings. For areas not covered by a municipal waste collection scheme the amount of waste generated is estimated.

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