Seven pieces of electronics per head collected

IN the five years since electrical and battery recycling began, Ireland has become one of the EU’s top electronic recycling nations.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) scheme began in 2005 and to date, Ireland has recycled 33 million appliances, with WEEE Ireland collecting enough TVs and monitors to go around the M50 14 times.

Since the scheme began, the equivalent of more than seven pieces of WEEE in Ireland have been collected for every man, woman and child in Ireland.