The Packaging Law has set general and specific recycling targets (by types of materials), which gradually increase over the years, until reaching their maximum levels in 2015.
The recycling targets set by the packaging law are as follows:
Year | General | Glass, Paper & Cardboard |
Metal | Plastic | Wood |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 30% | 30% | 15% | 15% | 15% |
2012 | 40% | 40% | 30% | 22.5% | 15% |
2013 | 50% | 50% | 40% | 22.5% | 15% |
2014 | 55% | 55% | 40% | 22.5% | 15% |
2015 onwards | 60% | 60%< | 50% | 22.5% | 15% |