How Much Plastic is Recycled
How Much Plastic Is Recycled? UK, US and Global Figures
How much plastic is recycled? There is no single percentage that applies everywhere. The UK provisionally recycled 57.3% of plastic packaging in 2025; the US EPA’s latest published national plastics-in-municipal-waste series reports 8.7% in 2018. For a consistent worldwide waste benchmark, the OECD estimates 9.5% in 2020. These figures cover different materials, years and accounting […]

