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== Macro Tonnage == | == Macro Tonnage == | ||
The most recent information published by DEFRA 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): | 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]] | ||
== Flourescent tubes and other light bulbs == | == Flourescent tubes and other light bulbs == | ||