04/03/2019 (Agence Europe) – In 2016, the EU recycled almost 55% of all waste, excluding major mineral waste (compared to 53% in 2010), while the recycling rate for plastic packaging has almost doubled since 2005, according to statistics published by Eurostat on 4 March. The recovery rate for construction and demolition waste was 89% (2016), the recycling rate for packaging was over 67% (64% in 2010) and the recycling rate for plastic packaging was over 42% (compared to 24% in 2005). In...