The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled.[1]
Recycling rates by country 2019
Country
% recycling
% composting
% incineration with energy recovery
% incineration without energy recovery
% other recovery
% landfill
% other disposal
Australia
24.6
19.8
0.6
0
9.5
55
0
Austria
26.5
32.6
38.9
0
0
2.1
0
Belgium
34.1
20.6
42.3
0.5
1.6
0
0
Costa Rica
3
3.8
0
0
0
86.5
6.7
Czech Republic
22.8
11.7
16.9
0
0.6
47.9
0
Denmark
33.5
18
47.5
0
0.6
0
0
Estonia
30.3
2.7
48.4
0
0
18.1
0
Finland
29.3
14.1
55.6
0
0
0
0
France
23.6
20.7
32.9
0
0
22
0
Germany
48
18.7
31.6
0
0
0
1.2
Greece
16
5
1.3
0
0
77.7
0
Hungary
26.5
9.3
13.6
0
0
50.6
0
Ireland
28.2
9.7
46.5
0
0
15.5
0
Israel
6.8
15.1
1.7
0
0
76.5
0
Italy
32.5
22.9
20.5
0.6
1
22.5
0
Japan
19.2
0.4
74.9
4.7
0
0
0
Latvia
35.4
4.9
3.3
0
0
56.4
0
Lithuania
31.3
25.2
16.8
0
2.2
24.5
0
Luxembourg
29.7
19.2
46.7
0
0
4.4
0
Netherlands
27.7
29.2
40.6
1.1
0
1.4
0
Norway
29.9
11
49.5
0
6
3.7
0
Poland
25
9
21.5
1.4
0
43
0
Portugal
12.8
17.6
19.8
0
0
49.8
0
Slovakia
26.9
11.7
55
3.7
0
52.2
0
Slovenia
51.5
20.3
15.7
0
0
12.4
0
South Korea
56.5
3.2
21.7
4
0
12.7
1.9
Spain
19.7
18.3
11
0
0
51.1
0
Sweden
32.5
14.2
52.6
0
0
0
0
Switzerland
29.9
23.1
47
0
0
0
0
Turkey
11.9
0.4
0
0
0
87.7
0
United Kingdom
26.9
17.4
39.3
2
0.4
11.2
0
United States[note 1]
[2]
23.6
8.5
11.8
0
6.1
50
0
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Global Information
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States[note 1]