Packaging waste recycling rates in Europe by country

Note: Recycling rates indicate the amounts of packaging waste recycled as a proportion of packaging waste generated. The vertical line represents the target for the year 2008 according to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC). Several Member States have varying derogation periods for the target: 2012 for Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia; 2013 for Malta and Romania; 2014 for Bulgaria and Poland; 2015 for Latvia.  On account of data availability, instead of 2014 data, 2013 data were used for Cyprus, Greece and Ireland, and 2012 data were used for Iceland and Romania.