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Recycling rate of municipal waste in the EU 2000-2022
In 2022, the recycling rate of municipal waste in the European Union (EU-27) was estimated at 48.6 percent. This was a slight decline from the previous year, when figures reached a record high of nearly 50 percent. The recycling rate of municipal waste in the European Union has almost doubled since the turn of the century.