recycling rate

Umwelt-Indikator

Indicator: Recycling municipal waste

A graph shows the proportions of processed and recycled municipal waste in the total quantity of municipal waste from 2002 to 2022. During this period the proportion of recycled municipal waste rose from 56.1 to 67.7 percent.

The recycling rate for municipal waste rose from 56 % in 2002 to 67.7 % in 2022.The target set by the Federal Government of increasing the recycling percentage for municipal waste to 65 % by 2020 has therefore been achieved.However, there is still a need for action for individual subgroups of municipal waste. read more

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