Recycling rate of packaging waste in the UK 2012-2021, by material
The recycling rate of packaging waste in the United Kingdom was 63.2 percent in 2021. Packaging waste recycling rates in the UK have remained relatively stable since 2010, reaching a high of 64.7 percent in 2016. Metal and glass were the packaging materials with the highest recycling rate in 2021, at more than 70 percent. Meanwhile, plastic packaging recovery and recycling stood below 45 percent that year.