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The indicator shows the share of material recovered and fed back into the economy – and thus saving extraction of primary raw materials – in overall material use.
The circular material use rate in Hungary fluctuated between 2010 and 2023, and is below the EU average.
The strategic goals of Hungary’s fifth national environmental protection programme include improving resource saving and efficiency, greening the economy and strengthening Hungary’s circular economy. The transition to a circular economy is supported by a number of measures. These include the ‘Green national champions project – Hungary’ , which supports the transition of businesses to a circular economy and the utilisation of secondary raw materials. The Circular Economy Platform was established in 2018 and the Circular Economy Technology Platform was launched in 2022; both work to promote knowledge-sharing and cooperation. The promotion of the circular economy is also encouraged by research and development grants, for example the HU-Rizon programme. The Hungarian government also adopted a green public procurement strategy in 2022.
References and footnotes
- ↵Hungarian National Assembly, Resolution No 62 of 7 December 2022 on the 5th national environmental programme until 2026, accessed 2 July 2025, https://xn--krnyezetvdelem-jkb3r.hu/sites/default/files/media/docs/nkp-5.pdf.
- ↵AccelerateGDT, ‘Green national champions project – Hungary’, Interreg Europe website, 2 March 2023, accessed 2 July 2025, https://www.interregeurope.eu/accelerategdt/news-and-events/news/green-national-champions-project-hungary.
- ↵Széchenyi Terv Plusz, ‘“Zöld Nemzeti Bajnokok” – A zöldgazdaság területén működő mikro-, kis- és középvállalkozások technológiafejlesztésének támogatása’, 2021, accessed 2 July 2025, https://www.palyazat.gov.hu/programok/szechenyi-terv-plusz/ginop-plusz/ginop-plusz-131-21/alapadatok.
- ↵Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary, ‘Körforgásos Gazdaság Platform’, Business Council for Sustainable Development in Hungary website, accessed 2 July 2025, https://bcsdh.hu/szakmai-programok/korforgasos-gazdasag-platform/.
- ↵See the Circular Hungary website, accessed 2 July 2025, https://circularhungary.hu/.
- ↵Ministry of Culture and Innovation, ‘HU-Rizon programme: HUF 8 billion in funding for excellent international research projects led by Hungarian universities’, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences website, 15 May 2024, accessed 2 July 2025, https://palyazatok.uni-mate.hu/h%C3%ADr/-/content-viewer/hu-rizon-programme-huf-8-billion-in-funding-for-excellent-international-research-projects-led-by-hungarian-universities.-submission-deadline-05.07.2024/129496.
- ↵National Research, Development and Innovation Office, ‘Hankó Balázs: 8 milliárd forint áll rendelkezésre a 2025-ös HU-rizont programban’, National Research, Development and Innovation Office website, 24 March 2025, accessed 2 July 2025, https://nkfih.gov.hu/hivatalrol/hivatal-hirei/hanko-balazs-8-milliard-forint-all-rendelkezesre.
- ↵Government of Hungary, Magyarország zöld közbeszerzési stratégiája 2022–2027, Budapest, 2022, accessed 2 July 2025, https://fenntarthato.kozbeszerzes.hu/magyarorszag-zold-kozbeszerzesi-strategiaja/?hexagrid=color-hexagrid-6.