Mapping

Mapping of Recycling Infrastructures in Europe

In order for a packaging to be recycled and to claim its recyclability in practice, it must be captured within a dedicated waste management system established in the geographical area of interest. Plastic waste management systems consist of three main steps – collection, sorting and recycling – that ensure transformation of plastic waste into new valuable products.

A packaging and its design must be compatible with collection, sorting and recycling to claim its recyclability. If incompatible with one the given steps, packaging cannot be properly recycled in the geographical area of interest.

Please have a look to the maps below to learn more about the waste management systems available per type of packaging in the European countries. You can click on some yellow and red countries to know more.

Norway

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  • available recycling infrastructures
  • under development and/or recycled as mixed stream
  • no existing recycling infrastructures
  • available sorting infrastructures
  • under development and/or sorted as mixed stream
  • no existing sorting infrastructures
  • available collection
  • limited collection
  • no collection in place

Last update: 30 July 2024

IMPORTANT NOTE: The information displayed in the map above is indicative and may change over time. Waste management systems, as well as recycling practices in each country are changing. Additional country-specific descriptions will be added progressively. Please contact us for more information. Any information that could improve this mapping is appreciated.

 

LEGEND

  Collection Sorting Recycling
More than 50% of the citizens have access to household collection and/or well established deposit systems Mono-stream exists Mono-stream exists
20-50% of the citizens have access to household collection and/or newly deposit systems Project ongoing with short implementation (<2 years); infrastructures under construction; sorted as mixed stream (with another packaging type) Project ongoing with short implementation (<2 years); infrastructures under construction; recycled as mixed stream (with another packaging type)
Less than 20% of the citizens have access to collection systems No mono-stream in place and no project to be implemented shortly No mono-stream in place and no project to be implemented shortly

 

SOURCE
Data were collected in collaboration with the recognized Certification Bodies and RecyClass supporters:
Circpack, Svensk Plaståtervinning, Grønt Punkt Norge, Fost Plus, Natureef, Polski Pakt Plastikowy