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Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in the European Union 2010-2021
The recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in the European Union (EU-27) stood at nearly 41 percent in 2021, a year-on-year growth of three percentage points. During the period in consideration, figures reached a record high of 42.4 percent in 2016, but have been on a mostly downward trend since then.