CEMR survey: recycling centres across Europe in times of COVID-19

Waste managers today face the challenge of maintaining their services, often in the face of increased demand, while protecting workers and users from infection. As many countries are beginning to relax lockdown restrictions, CEMR organised a survey of its members to determine the state of play concerning recycling centres and share good practices.

Fifteen associations of local and regional governments from 12 countries* responded to the survey, which was completed on 21 April.

What our survey shows…

In almost all countries surveyed, recycling centres are open, most often with restrictions. In almost half of countries, the recycling centres were temporarily shut down, while in others they always remained open. In only one country (the United Kingdom), were the vast majority of recycling centres still closed at the time of the survey.

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