Recycling rate of packaging waste
Scope
Circular economy
Action line
Waste management
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
- European
- National
Correlation with other sets of indicators
Description
The indicator is defined as the proportion of recycled container waste over the entire container waste generated. Container waste encompasses discarded material used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation of goods, from raw materials to processed goods, from the producer to the user or consumer, excluding production waste.
Calculation method
$$\textit{Recycling rate of packaging waste}^{t}=\frac{\textit{Recycled packaging waste}^{t}}{\textit{Total packaging waste generated}^{t}} \cdot 100$$
Unit of measure
Percentage
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Types of material
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
No
Statistical operation
Estadística de Envases y Residuos de Envases (ISO code: 23008)
Responsible institution
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2024
Observations
Packaging waste is broken down into 'paper and cardboard packaging', 'plastic packaging', 'wooden packaging', 'metal packaging'; and 'glass containers'.