Spain has a problem with recycling: it reuses less than the European average and worsens in circular use of materials. Germany almost doubles the rate of reuse of urban waste, according to a report by the BBVA Foundation and the IVIE with data from Eurostat.
Spain only fares well in one of the indicators: in the urban waste generated - which includes both economic activity and domestic use - a reduction of 40% per capita between 2004 and 2020. In 2000 that rate was 18.5% in Spain, while Germany was recycling 52.5%.