Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of electronic waste were recycled in each year in the UK since 2010.
Year | Amount of obligated WEEE received for treatment at AATFs (tonnes) | Amount of non-obligated WEEE received at AATFs for treatment (tonnes) | Total (tonnes) | |
2010 | 486,403.968 | 77,426.524 | 563,830.492 | |
2011 | 505,398.630 | 74,667.937 | 580,066.567 | |
2012 | 501,050.257 | 158,319.669 | 659,369.926 | |
2013 | 494,407.835 | 184,834.761 | 679,242.596 | |
2014 | 509,809.170 | 134,811.069 | 644,620.239 | |
2015 | 529,058.633 | 132,069.321 | 661,127.954 | |
2016 | 592,428.047 | 126,999.022 | 719,427.069 | |
2017 | 534,582.034 | 118,592.058 | 653,174.092 | |
2018 | 501,885.359 | 61,409.832 | 563,295.191 |
The above table details the quantity of UK electronic waste received at Approved Authorised Treatment facilities for treatment and subsequent recycling for the period 2010 to 2018. This data only reflects electronic waste received at sites which have been approved as part of the WEEE regulations to issue WEEE evidence in support of the financial obligations placed on EEE producers.
There are other waste operators, who will hold a permit issued under the Environmental Permitting regulations who will also be treating and recycling WEEE delivered to them outside of the WEEE producer Responsibility system. Such operators are not required under their data reporting requirement to provide specific WEEE data.
Defra make a substantiated estimate on this additional WEEE treated and recycled, when reporting the UK position to the EU. The substantiated estimate is for an additional 270,000 tonnes per annum of WEEE being treated and recycled in addition to amounts detailed in the above table.