Research Article
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%) |
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