IE · 2019 · ten00063
Recycling rates for packaging waste
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's recycling rates for packaging waste decreased by 2.2% compared to 2018, reaching 62.5.
Ireland accounts for 96.5% of the EU-27 total of 64.8.
Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.5% (from 68.3 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset ten00063, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.