Overview of the WEEE Directive and Its Implementation in the Nordic Countries: National Realisations and Best Practices

Table 5

Amounts of collected WEEE and achieved recovery and recycling rates in Finland, Sweden, and Norway in 2010 in compliance with the Directive 2002/96/EC [46].

	Categories		Amount tonnes	Portion w%	Recovery/target %	Reuse and recycling/targets %
Finland	1	Large household appliances	27,698	54.5	93/80	88/75
	2	Small household appliances	1320	2.6	84/70	82/50
	3	IT and telecom equipment	8034	15.8	92/75	92/65
	4	Consumer electronics	12,117	23.8	90/75	88/65
	5	Lighting equipment	961	1.9	91/70	86/50
	6	Electrical and electronic tools	276	0.5	94/70	98/50
	7	Toys, leisure, and sports devices	99	0.2	84/70	82/50
	8	Medical devices	53	0.1	75/—	75/—
	9	Monitoring and control instruments	119	0.2	78/70	76/50
	10	Automatic dispensers	189	0.4	98/80	78/75
	Total/average		50,867	100	91.5	88.5
Sweden	1	Large household appliances	75,341	46.7	91/80	86/75
	2	Small household appliances	8959	5.6	91/70	74/50
	3	IT and telecom equipment	31,756	19.7	92/75	84/65
	4	Consumer electronics	37,809	23.4	94/75	82/65
	5	Lighting equipment	4396	2.7	94/70	93/50
	6	Electrical and electronic tools	1531	0.9	82/70	71/50
	7	Toys, leisure, and sports devices	697	0.4	82/70	70/50
	8	Medical devices	519	0.3	92/—	86/—
	9	Monitoring and control instruments	91	0.1	92/70	82/50
	10	Automatic dispensers	345	0.2	73/80	68/75
	Total/average		161,444	100	91.8	83.9
Norway	1	Large household appliances	44,031	40.9	94/80	84/75
	2	Small household appliances	7,592	7.0	89/70	79/50
	3	IT and telecom equipment	16,496	15.3	87/75	79/65
	4	Consumer electronics	18,479	17.2	84/75	76/65
	5	Lighting equipment	7,760	7.2	90/70	86/50
	6	Electrical and electronic tools	10,009	9.3	88/70	85/50
	7	Toys, leisure, and sports devices	479	0.4	81/70	74/50
	8	Medical devices	584	0.5	86/—	79/—
	9	Monitoring and control instruments	2,131	2.0	88/70	83/50
	10	Automatic dispensers	206	0.2	86/80	69/75
	Total/average		107,767	100	89.9	81.5