Press release 36/2018 from 19.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018
Only few waste household appliances are properly collected for recycling
… “Nearly two million tonnes of new electrical equipment is sold in Germany per year. Nevertheless, the rate of proper disposal of WEEE is still too low. Used … target of 45 percent for equipment introduced to the market in the three previous years. The reason is that relatively few large household appliances are collected … UBA survey, 77 percent of respondents have disposed of WEEE in the past three years. The equipment was either deposited at a collection station, disposed of when …