Recycling rates by country
The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled.[1]
Country | Recycling | Composting | Incineration with energy recovery | Incineration without energy recovery | Other recovery | Landfill | Other disposal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Austria | 26 | 33 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Belgium | 34 | 21 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Czech Republic | 23 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 0 |
Denmark | 34 | 18 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Estonia | 30 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
Finland | 29 | 14 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
France | 26 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Germany | 48 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Greece | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 |
Hungary | 26 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
Israel | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 |
Italy | 32 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 |
Latvia | 36 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
Lithuania | 31 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
Luxembourg | 30 | 19 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Netherlands | 28 | 29 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Norway | 30 | 11 | 49 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
Poland | 25 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
Portugal | 13 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
Slovakia | 27 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
Slovenia | 52 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Spain | 18 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
Sweden | 32 | 14 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Switzerland | 30 | 23 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turkey | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 0 |
References[]
- ^ "Environment at a Glance 2020: OECD Indicators - Circular economy - waste and materials". OECD Publishing. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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- Recycling
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- Waste management