Progress in Europe's paper recycling rate

摘要

The paper recycling rate in Europe reached 71.5% in 2015 and thus edged slightly above the 71.4% registered in the previous year, the European Recovered Paper Council (ERPC) has reported. Compared to 2010, collection and recycling has increased by almost 1 million tonnes while the recycling rate has climbed by 3.5 percentage points. Indeed, the rate has jumped almost 10 percentage points over the course of the last decade.