Recycling rates by country
The following table gives the percentages of material that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled.
| Country | Recycling and composting | Incineration with energy recovery | Incineration without energy recovery | Landfill |
| Australia | 41 | 1 | no data | 58 |
| Austria | 58 | 35 | 0 | 4 |
| Belgium | 55 | 43 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 24 | no data | 4 | 72 |
| Chile | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Czech Republic | 24 | 19 | 0 | 56 |
| Denmark | 44 | 54 | 0 | 2 |
| Estonia | 30 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Finland | 33 | 42 | 0 | 25 |
| France | 38 | 33 | 1 | 28 |
| Germany | 65 | 22 | 13 | 0 |
| Greece | 19 | no data | no data | 81 |
| Hungary | 26 | 9 | no data | 65 |
| Iceland | 45 | 5 | 1 | 49 |
| Ireland | 40 | 18 | 0 | 42 |
| Israel | 19 | no data | no data | 81 |
| Italy | 41 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| Japan | 19 | 71 | 6 | 1 |
| South Korea | 59 | 24 | 1 | 16 |
| Luxembourg | 48 | 35 | no data | 17 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 0 | no data | 79 |
| Mexico | 5 | no data | no data | 95 |
| Netherlands | 50 | 48 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | no data | no data | no data | 100 |
| Norway | 39 | 57 | 0 | 2 |
| Poland | 29 | 6 | 2 | 63 |
| Portugal | 26 | 24 | 0 | 50 |
| Russia | 7 | no data | no data | no data |
| Slovakia | 11 | 11 | 0 | 71 |
| Slovenia | 58 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Spain | 30 | 10 | 0 | 60 |
| Sweden | 50 | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 51 | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Republic of China | 55 | no data | no data | no data |
| Turkey | 1 | no data | 0 | 99 |
| United Kingdom | 43 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| United States | 35 | 12 | no data | 54 |