IE · 2017 · ten00062
Recovery rates for packaging waste
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's recovery rates for packaging waste decreased by 2.1% compared to 2016, reaching 85.8.
Ireland accounts for 105.1% of the EU-27 total of 81.6.
Ireland ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.9% (from 86.6 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset ten00062, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.