Trade volume of recyclable raw materials in the European Union 2005-2021
exported waste category in the European Union is ferrous metal. Meanwhile, waste imports from non-EU countries to the European Union experienced a considerable decline between 2007 and 2009, but have since rebounded. In 2021, recyclable waste imports had surpassed 41 million metric tons.
The European Union (EU-27) exported 37.6 million metric tons of recyclable waste to non-EU countries in 2021 – an increase of 2.5 percent from the previous year. When compared to 2005, exports of recyclable waste from the EU-27 have increased by more than 60 percent. The most