WEEE collections: breakdown

What is collected and who is collecting it.

What is collected and who is collecting it.

What is collected

Domestic appliances (washing machines, dishwashers and ovens) - 50%

Fridges and freezers - 25%

Irons and toasters - 3%

IT equipment - 5%

Televisions - 11%

Other - 6%

Who is collecting it

Local authority-run civic amenity sites - 78%

Retailers - 22%

Counties producing low quanitites

Monaghan - 2.7kg

Donegal - 3.8kg

Limerick - 3.7kg

Kildare - 3.1kg

* All figures provided by EPR

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