A Database Tool for Raising Awareness on the Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Household Packaging Waste

Table 1

Packaging material recycled in Greece (2008–2010) [12].

Packaging material	2008			2009			2010
	Produced (tn)	Recycled (tn)	% recycled	Produced (tn)	Recycled (tn)	% recycled	Produced (tn)	Recycled (tn)	% recycled
Glass	160,000	24,000	15	155,000	23,500	15.2	135,100	28,923	21.4
Plastic	240,000	28,605	11.9	237,000	63,200	26.7	221,500	66,730	30.1
Paper/cardboard	440,000	324,056	73.6	430,000	357,000	83	392,900	369,780	94.1
Metals	145,000	63,500	43.8	131,800	63,500	48.2	127,400	53,360	41.9
Wood	65,000	20,002	30.8	54,200	20,200	37.3	50,500	26,841	53.2
Total	1,050,000	460,163	43.8	1,008,00	527,400	52.3	927,400	545,634	58.8