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Recycling rates in Europe by waste stream (EU-27)

Figure Created 11 Nov 2022 Published 14 Nov 2022 Last modified 27 Nov 2023

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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste

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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Methodology:: The recycling rate of municipal waste was calculated as the percentage of municipal waste generated that is recycled. Recycling of municipal waste includes material recycling and composting/anaerobic digestion.
The recycling rate of packaging waste was calculated as the percentage of packaging waste generated that is recycled.
The recycling rate of waste excluding major mineral wastes was calculated as the percentage of waste excluding major mineral wastes generated that is recycled.
The recycling rate of WEEE was calculated by multiplying the 'collection rate' as set out in the WEEE Directive with the 'reuse and recycling rate' set out in the WEEE Directive; where:
The 'collection rate' equals the volumes collected of WEEE in the reference year divided by the average quantity of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) put on the market in the previous three years (both expressed in mass unit).
The 'reuse and recycling rate' is calculated by dividing the weight of WEEE that enters the recycling/preparing for re-use facility by the weight of all separately collected WEEE (both in mass unit) in accordance with Article 11(2) of the WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU, considering that the total amount of collected WEEE is sent to treatment/recycling facilities.
Units:: Percentage
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).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Graph

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Temporal coverage
Municipal waste: 2004-2020
Packaging waste: 2005-2020
Overall recycling rate (waste, excluding major mineral waste): 2010-2020
Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): 2010-2018

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