Recycling rates by country

The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled.[1]

Recycling rates by country 2019  Country  | % recycling  | % composting  | % incineration with energy recovery  | % incineration without energy recovery  | % other recovery  | % landfill  | % other disposal

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Australia | 24.6  | 19.8  | 0.6  | 0  | 9.5  | 55  | 0
Austria | 26.5  | 32.6  | 38.9  | 0  | 0  | 2.1  | 0
Belgium | 34.1  | 20.6  | 42.3  | 0.5  | 1.6  | 0  | 0
Costa Rica | 3  | 3.8  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 86.5  | 6.7
Czech Republic | 22.8  | 11.7  | 16.9  | 0  | 0.6  | 47.9  | 0
Denmark | 33.5  | 18  | 47.5  | 0  | 0.6  | 0  | 0
Estonia | 30.3  | 2.7  | 48.4  | 0  | 0  | 18.1  | 0
Finland | 29.3  | 14.1  | 55.6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
France | 23.6  | 20.7  | 32.9  | 0  | 0  | 22  | 0
Germany | 48  | 18.7  | 31.6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1.2
Greece | 16  | 5  | 1.3  | 0  | 0  | 77.7  | 0
Hungary | 26.5  | 9.3  | 13.6  | 0  | 0  | 50.6  | 0
Ireland | 28.2  | 9.7  | 46.5  | 0  | 0  | 15.5  | 0
Israel | 6.8  | 15.1  | 1.7  | 0  | 0  | 76.5  | 0
Italy | 32.5  | 22.9  | 20.5  | 0.6  | 1  | 22.5  | 0
Japan | 19.2  | 0.4  | 74.9  | 4.7  | 0  | 0  | 0
Latvia | 35.4  | 4.9  | 3.3  | 0  | 0  | 56.4  | 0
Lithuania | 31.3  | 25.2  | 16.8  | 0  | 2.2  | 24.5  | 0
Luxembourg | 29.7  | 19.2  | 46.7  | 0  | 0  | 4.4  | 0
Netherlands | 27.7  | 29.2  | 40.6  | 1.1  | 0  | 1.4  | 0
Norway | 29.9  | 11  | 49.5  | 0  | 6  | 3.7  | 0
Poland | 25  | 9  | 21.5  | 1.4  | 0  | 43  | 0
Portugal | 12.8  | 17.6  | 19.8  | 0  | 0  | 49.8  | 0
Slovakia | 26.9  | 11.7  | 55  | 3.7  | 0  | 52.2  | 0
Slovenia | 51.5  | 20.3  | 15.7  | 0  | 0  | 12.4  | 0
South Korea | 56.5  | 3.2  | 21.7  | 4  | 0  | 12.7  | 1.9
Spain | 19.7  | 18.3  | 11  | 0  | 0  | 51.1  | 0
Sweden | 32.5  | 14.2  | 52.6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Switzerland | 29.9  | 23.1  | 47  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Turkey | 11.9  | 0.4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 87.7  | 0
United Kingdom | 26.9  | 17.4  | 39.3  | 2  | 0.4  | 11.2  | 0
United States[note 1]

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| 23.6  | 8.5  | 11.8  | 0  | 6.1  | 50  | 0

## Notes

1. ↑ Data from 2018

## References

1. ↑ "Environment at a Glance 2020: OECD Indicators - Circular economy - waste and materials". OECD Publishing. 22 May 2021. https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/f5670a8d-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/f5670a8d-en.
2. ↑ "Biomass explained". November 2020. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/waste-to-energy.php.

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