In 2023, 112 thousand metric tons of plastic waste were sent to material recovery in Norway. Two years previous had seen the highest plastics waste recovery volume of the decade, at over 150 thousand tons. Material recovery is the main method of plastic waste treatment in Norway.
Plastics waste sent to material recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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Statistics Norway. (December 4, 2024). Plastics waste sent to material recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482412/plastic-waste-material-recovery-in-norway/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Norway. "Plastics waste sent to material recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. December 4, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482412/plastic-waste-material-recovery-in-norway/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Norway. (2024). Plastics waste sent to material recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482412/plastic-waste-material-recovery-in-norway/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Norway. "Plastics Waste Sent to Material Recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Dec 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482412/plastic-waste-material-recovery-in-norway/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Statistics Norway, Plastics waste sent to material recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482412/plastic-waste-material-recovery-in-norway/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited March 15, 2025)
Plastics waste sent to material recovery in Norway from 2012 to 2023 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Statistics Norway, December 4, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1482412/plastic-waste-material-recovery-in-norway/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
