Glass, however, comes close to steel on 65%, with cartons and plastics trailing at 33% and 29% respectively.
Yet, Belgium already achieves a 93% recycling rate for steel, followed by Germany on 89%, then Luxembourg and the Netherlands on 87%. The UK lags seriously on 62%, just behind Slovakia on 63%.
The volumes collected for recycling are huge: 2.5m tonnes of steel and 11.5m tonnes of glass representing 25.5bn bottles and jars. It’s a shame, though, that we don’t do better.
Source: BevBlog
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