Share of waste collected and recycled by municipalities Japan FY 2022, by material

In fiscal year 2022, paper accounted for around 24 percent of the total waste that was collected and recycled by municipalities in Japan. Metal followed with around 12 percent. That year, municipalities in the country recycled approximately 6.4 million metric tons of waste in total.

在2022财年，日本各市政府所收集并循环利用的总垃圾中，纸张占比约为24%，金属紧随其后，占比约为12%。当年，日本各市政府共计循环利用了约640万吨的垃圾。