Number of recycling business entities Japan 2020-2023

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Catharina Klein,
Jul 23, 2024

In 2023, the number of recycling business entities in Japan amounted to around 151.6 thousand. Figures peaked at close to 154 thousand in 2020. 
Even though plastics, PET bottles, glass, and paper are collected separately and recycled, the overall recycling rate in Japan has stayed at around 20 percent over the past decade, constituting one of the lowest recycling rates among OECD countries.

Number of recycling business entities in Japan from 2020 to 2023

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July 2024

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Japan

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2020 to 2023

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