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Recycling: the countries which are best and worst

Who’s top of the pack when it comes to recycling?
The best: 15. Scotland – 44.2%
14. Denmark – 46.3%
13. Sweden – 48.1%
12. Luxembourg – 48.3%
11. Italy – 52.6%
10. Switzerland – 52.7%
9. Belgium – 53.5%
8. Slovenia – 53.9%
7. Austria – 55.9%
6. Netherlands – 56.6%
5. Taiwan – 58%
4. South Korea – 59%
3. Singapore 61%
2. Wales – 63.8%
1. Germany – 66.1%
The worst: 15. Bermuda – 1.9%
14. Ecuador – 1.8%
13. Samoa – 1.4%
12. Botswana – 1.2%
=10. Serbia – 1%
=10. Palestine – 1%
9. Kazakhstan – 0.3%
Joint worst: Ukraine – 0%
Joint worst: Macedonia – 0%
Joint worst: Saint Lucia – 0%
Joint worst: Monaco – 0%
Joint worst: Liechtenstein – 0%
Joint worst: Cabo Verde – 0%
Joint worst: Azerbaijan – 0%
Joint worst: Andorra – 0%
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Who’s top of the pack when it comes to recycling?

The escalating climate crisis has drawn attention towards garbage, as waste that goes to landfill releases harmful greenhouse gases as it decomposes, adding to global warming. Yet with many countries shipping their recyclable waste abroad, it can be difficult to know how much is really getting recycled. Using data from the latest report by Eunomia and the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) from 2017, combined with stats from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), we reveal the 15 best and 15 worst nations for recycling.

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Frances Carruthers

22 November 2019

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