Recycling rates for packaging waste in 2009 by country
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Created 07 Jun 2012
Published 12 Jun 2012
Last modified 01 Dec 2015
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Generation and recycling of packaging waste in the member countries of the European Environment Agency. The data show that 17 countries in 2009 met the 2009 target of the Packaging Waste Directive (2004/12/EC) to recycle at least 55% of packaging waste generated, and two countries missed the 2001 target to recycle at least 25%.
European data
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Last upload:
- 07 Jun 2012
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Temporal coverage:
- 2007-2009
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Tags:
- recycling , waste , packaging waste , material resources
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Geographic coverage:
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Methodology:
The recycling rate was calculated using data on the absolute amounts of packaging waste generated and recycled reported by the respective countries
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Units:
Percent (%)
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Owners:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Processors:
- Copenhagen Resource Institute (CRI)
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Figure type:
- Map
Additional information
No data available for Iceland, Turkey and the Western Balkan countries.
2009 (2008 for Liechtenstein and 2007 for Malta)
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