The UN’s fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM), 20th March 2024
The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, A record 62 million tonnes (Mt) of e-waste/WEEE was produced in 2022, Up 82% from 2010; On track to rise another 32%, to 82 million tonnes, in 2030; Billions of dollar’s worth of strategically-valuable resources squandered, dumped; Just 1% of […]
weee2tree launch a second Native Irish Tree planting project.
The project which is being developed with the Mercey Secondary School in Kilbeggan. started during National Tree Week and saw the planting of an area of native trees on the school grounds. This weee2tree project is being directly sponsored by KMK Metals Recycling and is a follow up to our first project completed at O’Connell’s School Dublin in November 2023, which […]
Reuse and the Right to Repair
Global electronic waste volume is projected to grow to approximately 75 million tonnes by 2030. It is time for Repair, Reuse, and proper Materials Recovery to become the dominant factor in the management of electronic equipment and the word “e-waste” is removed from the lexicon I attended the International Electronics Recycling Congress in Salzburg in January. One […]
You can recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable! International E-Waste Day to shed the light on ‘invisible’ electronic waste.
International E-waste Day is a yearly awareness raising celebration initiated by the WEEE Forum and its members and takes place every year on 14th of October. It aims to highlight the growing issue of electronic waste and promote responsible e-waste management. This year’s edition will run under the slogan “You can recycle anything with a […]
European Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries
On the 10th July 2023 The European Council adopted a new regulation that strengthens sustainability rules for batteries and waste batteries. The regulation will regulate the entire life cycle of batteries – from production to reuse and recycling – and ensure that they are safe, sustainable and competitive. Batteries are key to the decarbonisation process […]
Almost 50% of WEEE in the EU is not recycled properly
A new study suggests that nearly half of all discarded waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Europe is not properly collected and recycled. The figures include data for WEEE that are difficult for EU Member States to gather or estimate and, therefore, have not been reported to the European Commission under WEEE Directive obligations. While public […]
A “real” Common Charger for Mobile Devices will be a reality in 2024
The EU finally fixes a problem they attempted to address in 2013 when they mandated a standard charger for all mobile phones to be in full force by 2017 The industry did comply and we got standard chargers but unfortunately, the drafting legislators forgot to include the cables as part of the ruling and, as […]
Have you ever had a “finger wagging” tirade about protecting the environment from and 18 to 24 year old?
Well, a recent survey commissioned by WEEE Ireland into Irish E-waste WEEE recycling habits discovered that their actions do not quite match up to their words and young men and women are the worst at recycling small electrical items and hoarding old batteries, 15% of the younger respondents said they hoarded the batteries versus 0% […]
Happy St Patrick’s Day
Wishing all our customers and suppliers a Happy St Patrick’s Day. We will be closed from 5:00pm Wednesday 16th re-opening at 8:30am Monday 21st The Shamrock and the power of 3 Celtic druids believed the number 3 to be a perfect number with mystical powers. Similar to our current concept of the power of 3 […]
Right to Repair Europe
On the 9th of February the European Parliament voted in favour of establishing a ‘right to repair’ alongside a far reaching set of circular economy measures. MEPs were voting on a report on the Circular Economy Action Plan presented last year by the European Commission and overwhelmingly adopted sweeping measures to extend the life of […]
