Featured data: Circular Economy for Plastics – A European Analysis 2026
This award-winning report is a contribution towards a better understanding of the circular economy for plastics and its evolution over the years.
Published every two years, it provides a data-driven overview of the European plastics system, covering conventional and circular production, use and end-of-life management. The 2026 edition analyses trends for the period 2022–2024 and, for the first time, examines new data, including trade flows of fossil-based and circular plastics, to provide a more complete picture of material flows in Europe.
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For the first time, circular plastics content in new products is above 15%.
Export of sorted plastic
waste increased by
36.5%
since 2022.
