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*Monitoring and control equipment e .g. smoke detectors, thermostats and heating regulators | *Monitoring and control equipment e .g. smoke detectors, thermostats and heating regulators | ||
*Automatic dispensers e.g. hot drinks dispensers and money dispensers<ref name="foo">Health and Safety Executive, 2013. [http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/waste-electrical.htm Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment recycling (WEEE). Hse.gov.uk.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>. | *Automatic dispensers e.g. hot drinks dispensers and money dispensers<ref name="foo">Health and Safety Executive, 2013. [http://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/waste-electrical.htm Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment recycling (WEEE). Hse.gov.uk.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].</ref>. | ||
[[Recycling]] of WEEE is a specialist part of the waste and recycling industry; it is a rapidly growing sub-sector due largely to the implementation of the original WEEE Directive<ref name="foo" />. | [[Recycling]] of WEEE is a specialist part of the waste and recycling industry; it is a rapidly growing sub-sector due largely to the implementation of the original WEEE Directive<ref name="foo" />. | ||
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WEEE generally contains a mixed variety of materials, potentially including hazardous ones (e.g. cadmium, arsenic or lead), making it problematic to manage and meaning the treatment methods for WEEE vary massively depending on the technology used and the relevant category<ref name="foo" />. | WEEE generally contains a mixed variety of materials, potentially including hazardous ones (e.g. cadmium, arsenic or lead), making it problematic to manage and meaning the treatment methods for WEEE vary massively depending on the technology used and the relevant category<ref name="foo" />. | ||
== Macro Tonnage == | == Macro Tonnage == | ||
The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref>is summarized in the pie chart below, with 592,905 tonnes of discarded equipment waste generated in the UK in 2016 (WEEE being part of this category and the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]): | The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref>is summarized in the pie chart below, with 592,905 tonnes of discarded equipment waste generated in the UK in 2016 (WEEE being part of this category and the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]): | ||
[[File:Discarded Equipment Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Discarded Equipment - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]] | [[File:Discarded Equipment Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Discarded Equipment - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]] | ||
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The macro numbers above do not breakdown the component elements of WEEE, but the following WEEE headers in the page are a selection of the above list as captured by local authorities handling WEEE and as reported through [[WasteDataFlow]]. | |||
== Fluorescent tubes and other light bulbs == | |||
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator. | Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator. | ||
== Fridges & Freezers == | == Fridges & Freezers == | ||