The amount of paper and cardboard packaging waste recycled in the European Union (EU-27) amounted to 63 kilograms per capita in 2021. This was more than the combined volume of glass, plastic, wooden, and metallic packaging waste recycled per capita that year. Altogether, the amount of packaging waste recycled per inhabitant in the EU-27 stood at 121.4 kilograms in 2021.
Packaging waste recycled per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by type
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Packaging waste in kilograms per capita
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Eurostat. (May 7, 2024). Packaging waste recycled per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by type (in kilograms) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316641/packaging-waste-recycled-in-european-union-per-capita-by-type/
Eurostat. "Packaging waste recycled per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by type (in kilograms)." Chart. May 7, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316641/packaging-waste-recycled-in-european-union-per-capita-by-type/
Eurostat. (2024). Packaging waste recycled per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by type (in kilograms). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316641/packaging-waste-recycled-in-european-union-per-capita-by-type/
Eurostat. "Packaging Waste Recycled per Capita in The European Union (Eu-27) in 2021, by Type (in Kilograms)." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316641/packaging-waste-recycled-in-european-union-per-capita-by-type/
Eurostat, Packaging waste recycled per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by type (in kilograms) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316641/packaging-waste-recycled-in-european-union-per-capita-by-type/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Packaging waste recycled per capita in the European Union (EU-27) in 2021, by type (in kilograms) [Graph], Eurostat, May 7, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1316641/packaging-waste-recycled-in-european-union-per-capita-by-type/