The indicator measures the share of recycled municipal waste in the total municipal waste generation. Recycling includes material recycling, composting and anaerobic digestion. The ratio is expressed in percent (%) as both terms are measured in the same unit, namely tonnes.
The indicator is calculated as recycled waste (RCV_R) divided by total waste treated excluding major mineral wastes (TRT), multiplied by 100. It is expressed in percent (%) as both terms are measured in the same unit, namely tonnes. Recycled waste is waste treated, which was sent to recovery operation other than energy recovery and backfilling (for simplification referred to as recycling). Waste data are adjusted for waste collected in one country and recycled in another country. The amount of recycled waste is adjusted as following: waste treated in domestic plants plus waste sent out of the country for recycling minus waste imported and treated in domestic recycling plants. Waste treated is based in Waste Statistics Regulation and the imports and exports of wastes are based on Foreign Trade Statistics and reported according to the Combined Nomenclature (CN-codes). The indicator covers both hazardous (hz) and non-hazardous (nh) waste from all economic sectors and from households, including waste from waste treatment (secondary waste) but excluding most mineral waste. Major mineral waste is excluded in order to avoid situations where trends in ordinary waste generation can be drowned out by massive fluctuations in the generation of wastes in the mineral extraction and transformation sector. This also permits more meaningful comparison across countries, as mineral waste accounts for very substantial quantities in countries characterized by major mining and construction sectors.
The indicator is defined as the share of recycled plastic packaging waste in all generated plastic packaging waste. Packaging waste covers wasted material that was used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery and presentation of goods, from raw materials to processed goods, from the producer to the user or the consumer, excluding production residues.
The ratio is expressed in percent (%) as both terms are measured in the same unit, namely tonnes.
Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste counts exclusively material that is recycled back into plastic (material recycling / generation).