Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Difference between revisions
m minor text change |
m minor text change |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]] | [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]] | ||
[[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] ([[WEEE]]), also known as [[E-waste]], is end of life Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), i.e. items that require electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to operate. The [[EA]] reported<ref name=''ref1''>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee-in-the-uk</ref> that 1.7 million tonnes of EEE was placed on the market in the UK in 2019, with | [[Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment]] ([[WEEE]]), also known as [[E-waste]], is end of life Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), i.e. items that require electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to operate. The [[EA]] reported<ref name=''ref1''>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee-in-the-uk</ref> that 1.7 million tonnes of EEE was placed on the market in the UK in 2019, with 505,445 tonnes of [[WEEE]] collected. | ||
[[File:Electrical-waste-uk.jpg|300px|left|WEEE - Picture from BioEnergy Consult, All Rights Reserved]]__TOC__ | [[File:Electrical-waste-uk.jpg|300px|left|WEEE - Picture from BioEnergy Consult, All Rights Reserved]]__TOC__ | ||
<br clear='left'/> | <br clear='left'/> | ||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
== Macro Tonnage == | == Macro Tonnage == | ||
The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, with 592,905 tonnes of collected discarded equipment waste identified in the UK in 2016 (WEEE being part of this category and the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]), the most recent data from the [[EA]]<ref name= ''ref1''/>indicated that 1.4 million tonnes of Household Electronic and Electrical Equipment and 0.3 million tonnes of Non-Household Electronic and Electrical Equipment were placed on the market in 2019, of which | The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, with 592,905 tonnes of collected discarded equipment waste identified in the UK in 2016 (WEEE being part of this category and the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]), the most recent data from the [[EA]]<ref name= ''ref1''/>indicated that 1.4 million tonnes of Household Electronic and Electrical Equipment and 0.3 million tonnes of Non-Household Electronic and Electrical Equipment were placed on the market in 2019, of which 505,455 tonnes was collected against a target of 550,579 tonnes: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||