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The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is '''recycled''', incinerated, [[Physics:Waste-to-energy|incinerated to produce energy]] and landfilled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/f5670a8d-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/f5670a8d-en|title=Environment at a Glance 2020: OECD Indicators - Circular economy - waste and materials|date=22 May 2021|publisher=OECD Publishing|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Recycling rates by country 2019
|-
! Country
! data-sort-type="number" | % recycling
! data-sort-type="number" | % composting
! data-sort-type="number" | % incineration with energy recovery
! data-sort-type="number" | % incineration without energy recovery
! data-sort-type="number" | % other recovery
! data-sort-type="number" | % landfill
! data-sort-type="number" | % other disposal
|-
| {{flagcountry|Australia}} 
| 24.6
| 19.8
| 0.6
| 0
| 9.5
| 55
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Austria}} 
| 26.5
| 32.6
| 38.9
| 0
| 0
| 2.1
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Belgium}} 
| 34.1
| 20.6
| 42.3
| 0.5
| 1.6
| 0
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Costa Rica}}
| 3
| 3.8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 86.5
| 6.7
|-
| {{flagcountry|Czech Republic}}
| 22.8
| 11.7
| 16.9
| 0
| 0.6
| 47.9
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Denmark}}
| 33.5
| 18
| 47.5
| 0
| 0.6
| 0
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Estonia}}
| 30.3
| 2.7
| 48.4
| 0
| 0
| 18.1
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Finland}}
| 29.3
| 14.1
| 55.6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|France}}
| 23.6
| 20.7
| 32.9
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Germany}}
| 48
| 18.7
| 31.6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.2
|-
| {{flagcountry|Greece}}
| 16
| 5
| 1.3
| 0
| 0
| 77.7
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Hungary}}
| 26.5
| 9.3
| 13.6
| 0
| 0
| 50.6
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Ireland}}
| 28.2
| 9.7
| 46.5
| 0
| 0
| 15.5
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Israel}}
| 6.8
| 15.1
| 1.7
| 0
| 0
| 76.5
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Italy}}
| 32.5
| 22.9
| 20.5
| 0.6
| 1
| 22.5
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Japan}}
| 19.2
| 0.4
| 74.9
| 4.7
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Latvia}}
| 35.4
| 4.9
| 3.3
| 0
| 0
| 56.4
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Lithuania}}
| 31.3
| 25.2
| 16.8
| 0
| 2.2
| 24.5
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Luxembourg}}
| 29.7
| 19.2
| 46.7
| 0
| 0
| 4.4
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Netherlands}}
| 27.7
| 29.2
| 40.6
| 1.1
| 0
| 1.4
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Norway}}
| 29.9
| 11
| 49.5
| 0
| 6
| 3.7
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Poland}}
| 25
| 9
| 21.5
| 1.4
| 0
| 43
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Portugal}}
| 12.8
| 17.6
| 19.8
| 0
| 0
| 49.8
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Slovakia}}
| 26.9
| 11.7
| 55
| 3.7
| 0
| 52.2
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Slovenia}}
| 51.5
| 20.3
| 15.7
| 0
| 0
| 12.4
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|South Korea}}
| 56.5
| 3.2
| 21.7
| 4
| 0
| 12.7
| 1.9
|-
| {{flagcountry|Spain}}
| 19.7
| 18.3
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 51.1
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Sweden}}
| 32.5
| 14.2
| 52.6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Switzerland}}
| 29.9
| 23.1
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|Turkey}}
| 11.9
| 0.4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 87.7
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}
| 26.9
| 17.4
| 39.3
| 2
| 0.4
| 11.2
| 0
|-
| {{flagcountry|United States}}<ref group="note">Data from 2018</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/biomass/waste-to-energy.php|title=Biomass explained|date=November 2020|website=eia.gov|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>
| 23.6
| 8.5
| 11.8
| 0
| 6.1
| 50
| 0
|-
|}

== Notes ==
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==References==
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