00:00Which EU countries have the highest raw material recycling rates?
00:09Around 12% of materials used in the EU's economy are recycled,
00:14thus avoiding the extraction of new raw materials.
00:18One country is way ahead of the rest, it's the Netherlands,
00:22which recycles nearly 33% of its materials.
00:25Neighboring Belgium comes in second place with 22.7%,
00:30Italy is nearly level in third place with almost 22%.
00:35At the bottom of the table, with the lowest recycling rate,
00:39is Romania with just 1.3%, followed by Finland and Ireland both at 2%.
00:46General progress on recycling across the European Union hasn't been outstanding in the past decade.
00:53Between 2015 and 2014, the rate increased by only 1%,
00:59and that means that reaching the 2030 target of 23.2% is getting more and more difficult.
01:06In six countries, recycling rates have been decreasing over the past decade,
01:11particularly in Poland and Finland.
01:14On the other hand, Malta showed a considerable 14% growth in recycled materials,
01:20Estonia also performed very well, with 9% more since 2014,
01:26followed by the Czech Republic at almost 8%.
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