°Waste management and recycling
	Municipal waste and separate collections (recyclable waste) , in tonnes					Collection rate of separate collections (recyclable waste) in % of total use
	Municipal waste	Paper and cardboard	Glass	Other separate collections		Paper	Glass	Aluminium cans	PET	Tinplate (tins and lids)	Batteries
1970	1640000	297000		1000		32.4
1971	1660000	304900		3000
1972	1680000	312800		5000
1973	1740000	320700		12238
1974	1900000	328600		19000
1975	1910000	336500		27000
1976	1950000	344400		55000
1977	2000000	352300		87700
1978	2110000	360200		110500
1979	2240000	368100		138000
1980	2290000	376000		166000		30.9
1981	2340000	401400		206773
1982	2370000	426800		230415
1983	2420000	452200		246593
1984	2580000	477600		270157
1985	2610000	445000	132465	200307		43.3	46
1986	2720000	498000	130746	210317		40.1
1987	2790000	553000	140118	220897		41.7
1988	2880000	613000	155601	231525		44.8				3
1989	2980000	674100	164188	233070		46.9	55			9
1990	2930000	715400	178781	265420		49.4	65			19
1991	2880000	732200	198960	323544		51.2	71		13	28
1992	2820000	744800	212054	352601		53.7	72		53	36
1993	2800000	753949	229260	389256		54.4	78.3	80	72	39	58
1994	2660000	874900	241921	416224		58.3	83.9	83	70	44	60
1995	2600000	925644	262767	453489		60.6	84.9	85	74	48	54
1996	2510000	999283	258813	510508		67.4	89.3	87	79	55	67
1997	2470000	1003461	283208	539754		62.9	91.2	88	79.6	61	60
1998	2460000	1061925	280587	569071		64.8	91.2	89	79.1	63	65
1999	2600000	1093713	282687	581045		63.6	92.6	90	82	66	60
2000	2588000	1137050	289094	714676		64.2	91.2	91	82	67	68
2001	2550000	1168420	293683	771582		69.3	91.7	91.6	82	70	61.4
2002	2630000	1158959	293055	853032		70.3	93.8	91	72	75	61.2
2003	2580000	1129105	301433	905077		69.9	95.7	85	71	79	64.4
2004	2510000	1163472	303977	940768		69.9	95.6	88	74	79	66.6
2005	2440000	1241768	308167	948023		74.4	95.3	90	75	79	62.9
2006	2655797	1278667	308170	1083168		77.2	95.6	90	75.8	80	66.4
	Municipal waste by country in kg per capita
	ES	CH	DE*	UK	FR	SE
1980		440				300
1985		530				320
1990		610	440	470	450	370
1995	510	600	540	500	480	400
2000	660	660	610	580	510	430
2005	650	650	600	580	540	480
DE*: 1990 only West Germany
	Regular collection of recyclable waste in % by country 2000
	By age				By education
	18–39 years	40–59 years	60 years and more		Low education	Intermediate	High education
DE	92.1	95.7	96.3		93.5	95.1	97.0
CH	90.3	95.2	96.9		92.6	94.3	90.4
SE	79.2	84.8	86.3		81.8	81.4	90.4
US	48.2	62.0	62.3		46.8	54.1	69.4
ES	53.4	66.5	53.9		53.1	58.7	66.7
UK	38.1	54.5	68.6		52.4	48.6	60.1