Belgium with 79%, the Netherlands with 74% and Luxembourg with 72% are EU champions in this regard.
Environment targets rose in 2023, so that packaging waste should be recycled to a 65% extent. Starting 2025, this percentage will climb to 70%.
“We are still way below the European average in terms of packaging waste recycling and far away from the environment targets imposed by the European Commission. Plastic is probably the biggest challenge, but there are problems with all types of packaging, unless we offer the population a proper framework via which selective collection should no longer be considered an effort,” states Cosmin Monda, founder and CEO of Clean Recycle.
In the first five months of 2023, the company managed over 55,000 tons of recyclable waste for the 700 companies part of its portfolio.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)