Fact register · PCUDE-W-EOL-RR

EoL-RR – end-of-life recycling rate, Germany (copper)

60.30 %

DE · 2024 · Cu copper

± 10.80 % (standard deviation) 90% interval: 41.20 – 76.30 % (5th and 95th percentile of Monte Carlo draws)

Note: Indicator from the reconciled 2024 balance; 90% interval (5th and 95th percentiles of Monte Carlo draws, each draw reconciled separately): from 41.2 to 76.3%; standard deviation of the draws 10.8 percentage points.

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Primary source: Copper flow in Germany, 2024 balance – model estimates with a wide uncertainty interval (ai-waw.com) · ai-waw.com (calculations); data: Aurubis (annual report, quarterly reports, EMAS declaration), BGR, Destatis, Eurostat (Comext, PRODCOM), plant reports
Source class: C
Source licence: primary data under the publishers' licences; calculations by ai-waw.com
Checked: 2026-10-06
Verification: reconciled in the balance
In analysis: Copper Flows in Germany · AIWAW-2026-PCUDE v1.2 · all facts of the analysis

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