Did you know that 1 ton of waste paper sent for recycling saves an average of 17-20 trees from being cut down?
In 2025, residents of Belarus sent 446.65 thousand tons of paper and cardboard for recycling! This means that over 8 million trees were saved from felling - a huge forest area comparable to the size of several nature reserves!
On average, each resident of the country submitted approximately 49 kg of waste paper for recycling. ? This is about 20 packs of office paper or more than 300 pizza boxes.
The largest amount of waste paper was collected by residents of the capital - 139.56 thousand tons
Leaders in paper and cardboard waste collection per capita:
city of Minsk - 69.9 kg/person.
Mogilev region - 49.2 kg/person.
Vitebsk region - 47.8 kg/person.
Grodno region almost caught up with Vitebsk region - 47.3 kg/person.
Excellent result!
