The Recycling of the EE goods is a major part
in the Waste and recycling industry and a rapidly growing sector due to a huge acceptance
of WEEE directives in UK from the regulations in 2006 and also they accepted
the recast after February 2014 because before the acceptance the e-waste was tackled
by household waste stream. Keeping out the EEE which was very hazardous for the
environment and earth soil, the waste then consequent to EU Waste Catalogue,
which represents the six digit number in three sets of two, and toxic element
are denoted by an asterisk at the end of the number. UK is a producer about 2 million tons of WEEE,
which are retired by households and companies and most of them are those that
need a battery and plugs.
“There are ten
broad categories of WEEE outlined within the WEEE Regulations, namely:
- Large household appliances e.g.
fridges, cookers, microwaves, washing machines and dishwashers
- Smallhousehold appliances e.g.
vacuum cleaners, irons, toasters and clocks
- IT and telecommunications
equipment – e.g. personal computers, copying equipment, telephones and
pocket calculators
- Consumer equipment e.g. radios,
televisions, hi-fi equipment, camcorders ad musical instruments
- Lighting equipment e.g. straight
and compact fluorescent tubes and high intensity discharge lamps
- Electrical and electronic tools –
e.g. drills, saws and sewing machines, electric lawnmowers
- Toys, leisure and sports equipment e.g. electric rains, games consoles and running machines”
The large commercial appliances make
about 40% of the EE such as Fridge, ovens, or washing machine and several other
objects with large volume like companies IT equipments like Computers, TVs that
are come in 2 million every year and small appliances kettles and hair dryers, electrical
tools and mobile phones and digital watches also made a huge part of the overall
EE volume in UK.
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