EU generated 2.3 million tonnes of textile waste in 2024, Eurostat says
Eurostat says 1.4 million tonnes were treated that year, with recycling accounting for 78% of the treated waste.
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Eurostat says 1.4 million tonnes were treated that year, with recycling accounting for 78% of the treated waste.
The EU generated 2.3 million tonnes of textile waste in 2024, and household disposal accounted for more than half of it, Eurostat said. The statistical office recorded 1.4 million tonnes treated in the same year.
Recycling accounted for 78% of the textile waste treated, not of all the waste generated. Another 13% was incinerated with energy recovery, 8% went to landfill and 1% was incinerated without energy recovery.
The two totals measure different things. Generation statistics cover waste produced nationally, while treatment statistics cover waste treated within a country’s borders, including imports and excluding exports. The difference therefore does not by itself measure untreated or illegally dumped waste.
Italy generated the most textile waste and recorded the largest amount treated and recycled. France and Germany followed Italy in the generation figures.
| Country | Generated | Treated |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 441,736 | 280,680 |
| France | 339,965 | 258,129 |
| Germany | 212,107 | 207,156 |
Italy and France had the highest reported recycling shares of treated textile waste, followed by Lithuania and Slovenia. Latvia, Estonia and Romania had the lowest; Romania’s figure refers to 2022.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| Italy | |
The government approved the transfer to cover a health-insurance subsidy shortfall, drawing 19.08 billion dram from welfare spending and 10.22 billion dram from debt-servicing funds.
Data for Sweden and Malta are confidential. Cyprus, Ireland and Luxembourg reported 0% textile-waste treatment.
Eurostat collects waste statistics from member states under EU rules. Countries can use surveys, administrative sources, statistical estimates or a combination. Treatment includes handling waste for reuse, recycling or disposal, as well as steps that prepare it for the final stage.
Eurostat’s dataset timetable calls for data received by 30 June, 18 months after the reference year, to be published three months later, at 21 months. Updates follow in November at 23 months, March at 27 months and July at 31 months.
Eurostat published the article to mark the UN Climate Change Conference, COP31, taking place on 9–20 November 2026.
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