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Recycling rate of e-waste (cei_wm050)

External Data Spec Published 09 Apr 2019
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Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat)
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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/cei_wm050/default/table?lang=en

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Recycling rates in Europe by waste stream (EU-27) Recycling rates of municipal and packaging waste as well as overall waste relate to waste generated in the same year. Recycling of municipal waste includes material recycling and composting/anaerobic digestion. The recycling rate of electrical and electronic waste relates to the average quantity of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the previous three years. The overall recycling rate excludes major mineral wastes.
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Recycling rates in Europe by waste stream Recycling rates of municipal and packaging waste as well as overall waste relate to waste generated in the same year. The recycling rate for municipal waste includes material recycling and composting/anaerobic digestion. The recycling rate for electrical and electronic waste is based on the average quantity of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the previous 3 years. The overall recycling rate excludes major mineral wastes. For WEEE, the recycling rate is calculated by multiplying the 'collection rate' with the 'reuse and recycling rate'.

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Indicator Specification Waste recycling in Europe The two figures in this indicator provide information on waste recycling rates. Figure 1 shows percentage values of waste recycling rates for municipal waste, waste excluding major mineral waste, packaging waste and WEEE. Figure 2 shows municipal waste recycling rates as percentages and by country in the form of a bar chart comparing rates for the reference year (2004) with rates for the latest available year (2019 or, in some cases, 2018).
Indicator Specification
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Waste recycling This indicator shows trends in recycling rates for several waste types — municipal waste, packaging waste, waste excluding major mineral wastes and WEEE — at an aggregated European level (EU-28 and other European countries for which data were available). For municipal waste and packaging waste, data are also presented at country level together with related targets for packaging waste. Municipal and packaging waste recycling rates refer to waste recycled as a proportion of waste generated. Recycling rates for waste excluding major mineral wastes refer to waste recycled as a proportion of waste treated. WEEE recycling rates refer to waste recycled as a proportion of the average quantity of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the previous 3 years. Higher recycling rates indicate a more positive development towards using waste as a resource and a circular economy.

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