Number of paper recycling business entities Japan FY 2013-2022
In fiscal year 2022, the number of business entities that recycled paper in Japan amounted to around 66.6 thousand. Even though plastics, PET bottles, glass, and paper are collected separately and recycled, the overall recycling rate in Japan has stayed at close to 20 percent over the past decade, constituting one of the lowest recycling rates among OECD countries.