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5 Mt
estimated amount of household appliance waste generated in all of EU
Extrapolating UK data:
80%
of waste generated is collected
4 Mt of home appliance waste estimated as collected across EU
1,7 Mt
of home appliances handled by industry as reported to authorities
2,3 Mt
estimated as collected by other commercial actors (exact degree of recovery not known)
Source: UNU-VIE SCYCLE calculations.
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