A Quantitative Study on the Benefit of Various Waste Classifications

Table 8

Recycling energy and resource recovery rates.

Country and references	Resource recovery (%)	Energy recovery (%)	Note
Germany [57]	65.0	18.0	(a) Incineration (18.0%)
The US [52]	25.7	12.8	(a) Incineration (12.8%)
The UK [53]	27.0	8.6	(a) Incineration (8.6%)
Sweden [23, 58]	35.6	61.6	(a) Compost (13.3%); (b) Incineration (48.3%)
Japan [7]	4.8	29.6	(a) Energy treatment (9.6%); (b) Incineration (20.0%)
China [56]	1.5	1.9	(a) Incineration (1.9%)
Study	20.9	65.0	(a) Incineration (10.5%); (b) Compost (54.5%)