Recovered paper production fell 2.90% to 7,547,000 kt in the United Kingdom in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 8,768,000 kt in 2008 and an all time low of 1,459,000 kt in 1962. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, recovered paper production in Belgium amounted to 1,092,030 kt, 6,938,000 kt in France, 15,070,000 kt in Germany and 369,000 kt in Ireland in 2018.
United Kingdom has been ranked 6th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Recovered Paper Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | kt | 1,474,203 | 1,508,311 | 1,478,235 | 1,413,596 | 1,466,308 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kt | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | 1,092,030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | kt | 2,577,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | 2,700,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kt | 7,313,200 | 7,123,000 | 7,242,000 | 7,289,600 | 6,938,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kt | 15,102,000 | 15,360,000 | 15,176,000 | 15,237,000 | 17,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kt | 30,000 | 30,000 | 31,000 | 25,000 | 33,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | kt | 401,837 | 436,455 | 434,054 | 434,054 | 369,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | kt | 6,068,000 | 6,351,000 | 6,479,000 | 4,993,880 | 5,143,597 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | kt | 100,000 | 100,000 | 77,000 | 75,000 | 80,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kt | 2,209,000 | 2,232,000 | 2,285,000 | 2,634,000 | 2,493,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kt | 2,535,000 | 2,495,400 | 2,682,000 | 2,799,900 | 2,892,300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kt | 4,439,300 | 4,567,500 | 4,710,300 | 4,560,100 | 4,451,800 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kt | 8,014,000 | 7,912,000 | 7,825,000 | 7,772,000 | 7,539,000 |
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