ACRONYMS National Statistics Institute

Recycling rate of electrical appliances and electronic goods

Scope
Circular economy
Action line
Waste management
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
  • European
  • National
Correlation with other sets of indicators
Description
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), also known as e-waste, such as computers, televisions, refrigerators and mobile phones, is one of the fastest growing waste streams in the EU. WEEE include precious materials the recycling of which should be enhanced.
Calculation method

$$\textit{Reuse and recycling rate of WEEE}^{t}={\textit{weight of recycled WEEE}^{t}}\times{\textit{weight of all collected WEEE}^{t}}$$

, in year t.

Unit of measure
Percentage
Source
Eurostat
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
No
Responsible institution
Eurostat
Link to Eurostat metadata
Reuse and recycling rate of WEEE separately collected (CEI_WM060)
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2024
Observations

This indicator has been implemented in the revision of the CE monitoring framework to replace the indicator 'Recycling rate of e-waste', whose definition differs.

Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) shall apply to electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) as follows:

 (a) until the reference year 2018 to EEE falling within 10 product categories set out in Annex I. Annex II of Directive 2012/19/EU contains an indicative list of EEE falling under the categories in Annex I.

 (b) from the reference year 2019 onwards all EEE shall be classified within 6 product categories set out in Annex III.