Briefing

Many EU Member States not on track to meet recycling targets for municipal waste and packaging waste

Briefing Published 08 Jun 2023 Last modified 29 Jun 2023

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Europe aims to become a circular economy. To encourage this, the EU has set targets for the 27 Member States (EU-27) to increase recycling and reduce landfilling. Specifically, by 2025, 55% of municipal waste and 65% of packaging waste must be prepared for re-use or recycled. This briefing assesses Member States’ prospects of meeting these targets and its findings constitute the basis of the European Commission’s 2023 early warning report.

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