Recycling targets for municipal waste in the EU-27 2025-2035

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Bruna Alves,
Jul 25, 2024

Under the European Commission's Waste Framework Directive, EU Member states will be legally bound to recycle (or prepare for reuse) 60 percent of municipal waste generated by 2030. By 2035, EU Member States will need to reach a target of 65 percent. In 2022, the overall recycling rate of municipal waste in the European Union (EU-27) was 48.6 percent.

Municipal waste recycling rate in the European Union (EU-27) in 2022, and targets from 2025 to 2035

CharacteristicRecycling rate
2035 65%
2030 60%
2025 55%
2022 (actual) 48.6%
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2024

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2022

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This statistic was compiled by Statista. Figure for 2022 was retrieved from Eurostat, while targets were retrieved from Umweltbundesamt. 

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