Press 25% less plastic waste exported in 2021 year on year

Press release No. N 035 of 7 June 2022

  • Especially exports to Asian countries decreased
  • Germany still largest exporter of plastic waste within the EU
  • More plastic waste collected in 2020

WIESBADEN – Germany exports markedly less plastic waste than a few years ago. In 2021, just over 766,200 tonnes of plastic waste was exported from Germany – that is one quarter less (-25.2%) than in 2020. At the time, just over one million tonnes had been exported, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In a ten-year comparison, exports of plastic waste were down by almost half. 1.48 million tonnes were exported in 2011.

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