# End-of-life recycling input rate (EoL-RIR), EU-27 (copper) – EU27, 2024

**28.70 %**

- Fact ID: `PCUUE-W-EOL-RIR`
- Label (PL): Udział złomu poużytkowego we wsadzie (EoL-RIR), UE-27 (miedź)
- Value (machine): 28.7
- Standard deviation: 2.7
- 90% interval (5th–95th percentile of Monte Carlo draws): 24.2 to 33
- Unit: %
- Period: 2024
- Area: EU27
- Metal: cu
- Verification: reconciled
- Note: Indicator from the reconciled 2024 balance; 90% interval (5th and 95th percentiles of Monte Carlo draws, each draw reconciled separately): from 24.2 to 33.0%; standard deviation of the draws 2.7 percentage points.
- Source: Copper flow in the EU, 2024 balance – values reconciled with measured data (weighted least squares, ai-waw.com) – https://ai-waw.com/przeplyw-metali/przeplyw-miedzi-ue (class B, primary data under the publishers' licences; calculations by ai-waw.com)
- Publisher: ai-waw.com (calculations); data: Eurostat (Comext, PRODCOM, waste statistics, population), USGS, BGS, ICSG, IWCC, company reports
- Metal flow analysis: [AIWAW-2026-PCUUE – EU Copper Flow Analysis](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-copper-flow-analysis.md)

Cite: ai-waw.com, AIWAW-2026-PCUUE v1.3, fact PCUUE-W-EOL-RIR – https://ai-waw.com/przeplyw-metali/przeplyw-miedzi-ue