Circular material use rate in the European Union 2004-2022
In 2022, an estimated 11.5 percent of material resources used in the European Union (EU-27) came from recycled waste materials. The EU's circular material rate has been on a mostly upward trend over the past decade, rising from some 8.2 percent in 2004. The circularity rate is the share of material resources used that come from recycled waste materials, therefore saving the extraction of primary raw materials.