Ireland has achieved its highest ever recycling rate and surpassed all EU recycling targets, Repak reported.
Ireland has an overall recycling rate of 68 percent for all materials.
Recycled glass is 86 percent, recycled metals at 79 percent, paper recycling at 78 percent, wood at 95 percent and plastic at 33 percent. All of these exceed the EU target percentages.
Repak, Ireland’s only Government-approved packaging recycling compliance scheme announced the rates with its 2018 annual report.
While Ireland currently recycles a third of all plastics, which is higher than most EU countries, the amount will have to double (55 percent) by 2030 to meet future targets.
Published in the August 2019 Edition