This indicator shows the percentage of recycling of municipal waste generated, i.e., waste that does not have a final destination (landfill or incineration).
This percentage includes, therefore, material recycling and composting and anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
The percentage of waste destined for recycling varies significantly between the different EU countries. The trend for all individual countries and the EU average, however, has been an increase in recent years.
On average in the EU, the recycling rate of waste generated has increased by 78.4% between 2000 and 2021.