The EU publishes, per element, how much of its input comes from recycled end-of-life material. Pick an element and a different rate, and the tool shows what that would mean for primary (mined) input, if total input stayed the same.
At a recycling input rate of 65 % instead of 55.0 %, the EU would need 22.2 % less primary copper, with total input unchanged.
This is arithmetic on one source table, not a forecast. It leaves out prices, stocks, substitution, new mines and how fast anyone could react.
Rate the EU reports
55.0 %
End-of-life recycling input rate, European Union, 2022
Primary input, share of total
35.0 %
45.0 % today
Change in primary input
-22.2 %
In per cent of today's primary input
End-of-life recycling input rate: the share of EU demand met by recycling old scrap. EU only. Values differ between assessment years partly because the method changed.
Source table: Copper, European Union, 2022
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