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Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in Italy from 2013 to 2023

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2024

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Italy

Survey time period

2013 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Ratio between quantity recycled and amount released for consumption.

Data were rounded by the source

Data prior to 2015 from earlier publications by the source.

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Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in Italy 2013-2023

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Jan 9, 2025

The recycling rate of plastic packaging in Italy stood at ** percent in 2023, after peaking at over ** percent three years earlier. The recycling rate was calculated as the share of material recycled out of the total amount of plastic packaging released for consumption.   

Plastic packaging recycling rates in the EU

Italy's plastic packaging recycling rate is above the European Union average, which stood at approximately ** percent in recent years. Compared to the EU average, Italy is closer to the recycling rate targets for plastic packaging in the EU, set at ** percent for 2025. 

Energy recovery from plastic packaging waste

Waste can also be incinerated to generate energy in the form of electricity and heat. The volume of plastic packaging collected for energy recovery in Italy amounted to ** metric tons in 2023. This figure was smaller than the amount of plastic packaging waste recycled in Italy that year.

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