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Packaging Waste Management and the Main Challenges in Recycling Processes

The Annals of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati Fascicle IX Metallurgy and Materials Science 2025 Score: 38 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.

Carmelia Mariana Bălănică Dragomir, Geanina Podaru, Geanina Podaru, Alina Cantaragiu Ceoromila, Iulia Păduraru Graur, Iulia Păduraru Graur, Marian Tiberiu COADĂ, Alina Cantaragiu Ceoromila, Marian Tiberiu COADĂ, Maricica Stoica

Summary

This study presents a comparative analysis of packaging waste recycling rates across EU member states from 2008 to 2022, finding that while the EU average recycling rate was 65.74%, Romania achieved only 50.31%, and identifying the main technical and systemic challenges that hinder improvements in packaging recycling processes.

Separate collection of packaging is an important step towards a circular economy. Setting a mandatory collection rate is an incentive for the development of efficient and well-targeted collection systems at national level, thus increasing the amount of waste sorted and potentially recycled. This article presents a comparative analysis, by waste type, of the evolution of packaging waste recycling, during the period 2008-2022. While in the period 2013-2022 the average recycling rate of packaging waste in EU member states was 65.74%, in Romania the rate was 50.31%, which requires a series of additional efforts. At the national level, during the period 2013-2022, the highest percentage of packaging waste recycling was represented by paper and cardboard (74.35%) and metal (56.02%), with wood waste ranking last, at 23.77%.

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