Recycling rate of packaging waste in the EU-27 2005-2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 28, 2023
The recycling rate of packaging waste in the European Union was 64 percent in 2020 - the fourth consecutive year that the recycling rate dropped. Packaging waste recycling in the bloc peaked n 2016, with a rate of 67.6 percent.

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

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March 2023

Region

EU

Survey time period

2005 to 2020

Supplementary notes

The source notes that figures from 2009 to 2011 and 2020 are Eurostat estimates.

According to the source, the recycling rate means the total quantity of recycled packaging waste, divided by the total quantity of generated packaging waste.

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