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 == Overview ==
 ===Background===
 [[WEEE]] was first introduced by the [[WEEE Directive]] in 2002 to address the environmental impacts of unwanted electrical and electronic equipment at end-of-life and disposal. WEEE is classed as either household (primarily [[EWCChap20|EWC 20 01 35]] and [[EWCChap20|20 01 36]]) or non-household ([[EWCChap16|EWC 16 02 09* to 16]]). The objective of the Directive and its transposed legislation, the [[Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2007, as amended]] is to promote recycling and minimise waste by putting the emphasis for end-of-life treatment and recovery on the original producers or distributors of the items.
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 [[The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (as amended)]] is the current underpinning UK legislation <ref>Office for Product Safety and Standards, 2018. [https://www.gov.uk/guidance/regulations-waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment Regulations: waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). GOV.UK.] [online] [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019]</ref>. In 2020 a parlimentary enquiry called for a number of changes to improve the recycling of [[WEEE]] including the reporting by value rather than weight<ref>[https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2020/11/electronic-Waste-and-the-Circular-Economy.pdf Electronic Waste and the Circular Economy]</ref>.
 ===Categories===
 The regulations identify 10 broad categories of WEEE, including:
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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" />. It can include [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|Persistent Organic Pollutants]], or [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|POPs]], which require specific segregation and compliance with specific regulations<ref> POPs regulations 2019 – UK SI.2019 No.1099 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1099/made), implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1021</ref>.
-The [[EA]] updated their public register of producers and approved exporters, authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes in March 2022<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee-public-registers</ref>.The current national target for WEEE collection is 65% of the average of the previous three years placed on the market (or 85% of WEEE generated). For 2022 the target has been set at 511,377 tonnes<ref>[https://www.mrw.co.uk/news/weee-collection-target-set-after-extraordinary-year-07-04-2022/?eea=*EEA*&eea=Y3pSOGJOdFFNTkw2MERxVHkyWGptYkY4WXR2QzZNVzRaWGJUR0RRNFVIdz0%3D&utm_source=acs&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FABS_MRW_EDI_SUBS_Daily_07042022&deliveryName=DM41415 MRW Article accessed April 2022]</ref>.
+The [[EA]] updated their public register of producers and approved exporters, authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes regularly<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee-public-registers</ref> and the tonnage collected on a quarterly basis.The current national target for WEEE collection is 65% of the average of the previous three years placed on the market (or 85% of WEEE generated).
 == 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 1.6 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 2021, of which 498,333 tonnes (as shown in the tables below an increase on 446,419 tonnes in 2020) was collected:
+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 567,692 tonnes of collected discarded equipment waste identified in the UK in 2020 (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 1.6 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 2020, of which 466,419 tonnes were collected and reported under the WEEE Regulations (as shown in the table below for January 2020 to December 2020)
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 ==Tonnage Collected under the WEEE Regulations==
+The following tables capture the tonnage collected for the years 2020 to 2024 reported by the [[EA]]<ref name= "ref1"/>
 ===January 2020 to December 2020===
 The macro numbers above do not breakdown the component elements of WEEE, but the [[EA]] data for January to December 2020 provides a more detailed breakdown for Household and Non-household WEEE<ref name= "ref1"/>.