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Waste treatment methods in the European Union (EU-27) vary widely across member states. For instance, Italy had the highest recycling rate at 83.2 percent, followed by Belgium. Meanwhile, countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, and Finland rely heavily on landfilling. Overall, roughly 60 percent of total EU waste was treated in recovery operations in 2020.

Distribution of waste treated in European Union (EU-27) countries in 2020, by treatment method

Characteristic	Recycling	Backfilling	Energy recovery	Landfilling and other	Incineration without energy recovery
Italy	83.2%	0.2%	5.5%	10.6%	0.5%
Belgium	74.1%	11.2%	7.2%	6.3%	1.1%
Latvia	64%	3%	8.4%	24.6%	0%
Slovakia	64%	0.6%	6.1%	29.3%	0.1%
Croatia	55.7%	4.8%	5.1%	34.5%	0%
Denmark	55.6%	16.6%	20.3%	7.4%	0%
Spain	54.7%	5.1%	4%	36%	0.1%
France	54.2%	10.2%	7.7%	26.4%	1.5%
Czechia	51.1%	33.8%	3.9%	10.9%	0.3%
Netherlands	49.4%	0%	7.7%	42%	0.9%
Portugal	45.2%	8.6%	10.9%	35%	0.3%
Slovenia	44.5%	47.2%	2.7%	5%	0.5%
Estonia	44.2%	14.4%	2.2%	39.3%	0%
Germany	44%	26.1%	11.8%	17.7%	0.5%
Luxembourg	41.5%	32.5%	3.1%	22.9%	0%
EU-27	39.9%	12.7%	6.5%	40.4%	0.5%
Lithuania	39.5%	2.9%	10.7%	46.9%	0.1%
Cyprus	37.7%	0.8%	14.1%	47.4%	0%
Malta	37.6%	53.3%	0%	9%	0.2%
Poland	36.3%	35.3%	2.7%	25.5%	0.2%
Austria	34%	16.1%	0%	44.6%	0%
Hungary	33.7%	39.2%	6.4%	20.4%	0.4%
Greece	23.7%	9.1%	1.8%	65.3%	0%
Sweden	11.9%	2.7%	6.2%	79.1%	0%
Finland	9.5%	0.9%	5.5%	83.9%	0.1%
Ireland	9.2%	53.4%	8.4%	29%	0.1%
Bulgaria	7.7%	0%	0.6%	91.6%	0.1%
Romania	5.2%	0.9%	1.4%	92.5%	0.1%

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