Eurostat confirms Spain's 2024 glass packaging recycling rate at 71.5%

Eurostat has confirmed Spain's 2024 glass packaging recycling rate at 71.5%, above the 71.1% provisional estimate published by producer-responsibility organisation Ecovidrio in spring 2025 and 1.7 percentage points higher than in 2023. The rate is above the 70% EU target Spain had to meet by 2025. Ecovidrio estimates 72.3% for 2025 and plans more than USD 782m (EUR 700m) of investment to 2030, aiming for a rate above 80% against the EU's 2030 target of 75%.

Why this mattersSpanish glass collection already above EU targets, with Ecovidrio aiming higher, points to more cullet for glass container producers in Spain.

• Eurostat confirmed Spain's 2024 glass packaging recycling rate at 71.5%, against a 71.1% provisional estimate
• The 2024 rate is 1.7 percentage points above 2023 and above the EU's 70% target for Spain for 2025
• Ecovidrio's provisional estimate for 2025 is 72.3%
• Ecovidrio runs collection in 61% of Spanish municipalities
• Ecovidrio's Strategic Plan 2025-2030 includes more than USD 782m (EUR 700m) of investment
• The plan targets a recycling rate above 80% by 2030, against the EU's 75% target

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