According to the statement made by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat), Turkey was the country that imported the most recyclable plastic waste from the European Union in 2022.
European Statistical Office (Eurostat), from time to time of the European Union It publishes reports on the waste situation. One of these reports is the “waste” report, which lists how much waste the union imports to the rest of the world. The EU, which largely imported its waste to China until 2018, has highlighted Turkey after China banned the import of waste plastic.
in 2022 outside the EU When we look at the list of the most exported recyclable wastes, paper is at the top. Plastic and glass waste came after paper waste.
319 thousand tons of recyclable plastic were imported
Turkey processed 319 thousand tonnes of waste, 29 percent of all recyclable plastic sent outside the EU. Turkey was followed by Indonesia with 17 percent and Malaysia with 15 percent. During 2022, EU member countries will increase in total 1.1 million tons imported recyclable plastic product to other countries.
Turkey also ranked third among the countries that import the most paper waste from the EU. 12 percent of the EU’s total 4.9 million tons of recyclable paper exports were made to Turkey. Türkiye is in this metric 3rd place took place. While the EU will export a total of 6.4 million tons of recyclable waste outside its borders in 2022, the cost of its total exports will be $1.378 billion happened.