EU-27: glass recycling rate

The recycling rate of glass packaging in the European Union (EU-27) was estimated at 76 percent in 2020. Since 2005, the overall recycling rate of glass packaging has increased, but progress has slowed in recent years.
Glass packaging is one of the most widely recycled packaging types in the EU.

Recycling rate of glass packaging in the European Union (EU-27) from 2005 to 2020

Characteristic	Recycling rate
2020*	76%
2019	75.4%
2018	75.8%
2017	75.8%
2016	75.3%
2015	74.2%
2014	75.3%
2013	73.4%
2012	73.1%
2011*	72.3%
2010*	71.2%
2009*	68.8%
2008*	66.9%
2007*	65.1%
2006*	62.2%
2005*	60%

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2022

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2005 and 2020

Supplementary notes

*estimates
These datasets provide data on packaging and packaging waste in order to monitor compliance with the quantitative recovery and recycling targets. Data is collected on the basis of the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste, as last amended. The reporting details are laid down in Commission Decision 2005/270/EC of 22 March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

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