STATISTICS ON THE RECOVERY OF PACKAGING
The recovery of packaging waste constitutes both the recovery of packaging to make raw material for new products and recovery as energy. The recovery of packaging is not the delivery of packaging to waste collection or sorting sites. Mere sorting does not constitute recovery; it is only the first step towards recovery.
| YEAR | TOTAL |
FIBRE |
GLASS |
METAL |
PLASTIC |
WOOD |
| 1998 | 56 % |
72 % |
62 % |
16 % |
20 % |
|
| 1999 | 60 % |
72 % |
78 % |
19 % |
30 % |
|
| 2000 | 60 % |
72 % |
64 % |
25 % |
36 % |
|
| 2001 | 62 % |
74 % |
50 % |
39 % |
44 % |
|
| 2002 | 61 % |
75 % |
50 % |
46 % |
38 % |
|
| 2003 | 67 % |
72 % |
61 % |
50 % |
37 % |
84 % |
| 2004 | 68 % |
77 % |
58 % *) |
55 % |
34 % |
78 % |
| 2005 | 68 % |
88 % |
65 % *) |
54 % |
15 % |
76 % |
| 2006 | 77 % |
96 % |
77 % *) |
59 % |
29 % |
81 % |
| 2007 | 84 % |
95 % |
88 % *) |
70 % |
43 % |
90 % |
| 2008 | 90 % |
106 % **) |
81 % *) |
75 % |
49 % |
99 % |
*) The difference between the recovery rate and recycling rate of glass packaging is due to a decision by the authorities stating that the use of glass packaging waste as material in construction work is counted as recovery but not as recycling.
**) Into recovery and recycling enter also fibre packaging outside the recovery system e.g. packaging from companies with an annual turnover of less than 1 M€, internet sales and free-riders.
The recovery of plastics for 2005 only includes recycling as material.