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Materials recovered from home appliance WEEE collected by industry
Material to Energy Recovery
0,002 Mt 0,1%
Small home appliances
0,02 Mt 4,7%
Cooling & Freezing
Material to Energy Recovery
0,06 Mt
11,7%
Large home appliances
Aluminium 0,01 Mt 1,4%
Concrete 0,15 Mt 21%
Copper 0,01 Mt 1,9%
Glass 0,01 Mt 1%
Plastics 0,05 Mt 7%
Steel 0,46 Mt 66,3%
Other 0,01 Mt 1,3%
Aluminium 0,01 Mt 4,4%
Copper 0,02 Mt 4,8%
Glass - -
Plastics 0,11 Mt 33,1%
Steel 0,17 Mt 49,9%
Other 0,01 Mt 3,2%
Material to Energy Recovery
Aluminium 0,02 Mt 3,3%
Copper 0,01 Mt 2,2%
Glass 0,01 Mt
1,3%
Plastics 0,08 Mt
15,5%
Polyurethane Foam 0,01 Mt
1,5%
Steel 0,34 Mt
63,4%
Other 0,01 Mt
1,2%
Note: Composition of output flow of WEEE recovery according to industry take back scheme, based on real performance of recyclers. Assumption of 1,7Mt collected by industry across EU.
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