Plastic packaging waste recycling in Spain nearly doubled between 2012 and 2019, increasing from approximately 458 thousand metric tons in the former year to some 868 thousand tons in the latter. Nevertheless, Spain's volume of recycled plastic packaging dropped to nearly 705 thousand metric tons in 2020. As of 2021, the Mediterranean country recycled about 808 thousand metric tons of plastic packaging waste. That same year, the recycling rate of plastic packaging in the country – including household, commercial, and industrial packaging – stood at 45.7 percent.
Volume of plastic packaging waste recycled in Spain from 2012 to 2021
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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MITECO. (July 27, 2023). Volume of plastic packaging waste recycled in Spain from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269815/plastic-packaging-volume-recycled-spain/
MITECO. "Volume of plastic packaging waste recycled in Spain from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. July 27, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269815/plastic-packaging-volume-recycled-spain/
MITECO. (2023). Volume of plastic packaging waste recycled in Spain from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269815/plastic-packaging-volume-recycled-spain/
MITECO. "Volume of Plastic Packaging Waste Recycled in Spain from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269815/plastic-packaging-volume-recycled-spain/
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Volume of plastic packaging waste recycled in Spain from 2012 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], MITECO, July 27, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1269815/plastic-packaging-volume-recycled-spain/
