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EU generated 81.5 mn t of plastic packaging waste in 2024 – Eurostat / Latvia retains recycling crown
— By PIE correspondent — Latvia’s plastic packaging waste recycling efforts surged ahead of other EU countries’ efforts in 2024, registering a 71% recycling rate, up more than 10 percentage points on the figure for 2023. New data published by European statistics authority Eurostat showed the EU recycled 42.4% of all its generated plastic packaging waste, up slightly on 2023’s total of 41.6%. The latest... (26.10.2026)
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