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Large home appliances
43% 32% 1%
24%
45% 25% 17%
13%
44% 45% 11%
EU home appliance WEEE ows
Small home appliances
Cooling & Freezing
44%
5%
18%
33%
Collected
Complementary
Waste bin Gap
It is estimated that 33% of EU home appliance WEEE generated is collected by industry, a complementary stream of 18% is collected by commercial actors outside industry flows and an estimated 5% end up in the waste bin. This leaves a gap of 44% for which the handling is not documented. There are indications that these gap flows are combined with the treatment of other metal scrap flows.
The reason for this knowledge gap is the lack of data reported to competent authorities, which does not allow the assessment of the real collection and recycling performances of each individual Member State. This data should take into account, not only the amounts collected and treated by industry, but also the amount handled by other commercial operators.
Source: UNU-VIE SCYCLE calculations.
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