Eu Glass Recycling Remains Steady

Latest industry data on glass recycling show that the average glass-recycling rate in the EU 28 is steady at 74%. This means that over 11.6m/tons of glass bottles are collected, and recycled into food grade quality material for the production of new glass containers. Countries such as Belgium, Slovenia or Sweden, with excellent separate collection systems, continue to outperform beyond 95%. While glass stands alone as the most circular packaging solution, maintaining permanent quality even when recycled, the reality is there is still an important collection gap to fill in many EU countries.