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Old Posted: 28-09-2007 , 09:11 PM #1
Chris P
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Default 134,000 fridges and freezers

Hi Everyone,

Figures released by the Dept of the Environment today show that 134,000 fridges and freezers, 418,000 large household appliances and 139,000 televisions were RECYCLED last year.

Could you imagine if more of this Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) was LIFE-CYCLED (re-used) on JumbleTown instead of ending up as premature scrap? JumbleTown would be an even busier place than it is right now, with benefits for the community and environment alike.

Also, considering that most of our waste is exported for recycling, we'd have less of the human misery and environmental despoliation I wrote about in this post a while back:

http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=4528

In his press release today, Minister Gormley said “the amount of WEEE material that has been recycled by Irish householders is a national success story. The figures offer great encouragement in advance of National Recycling Week, which gets underway next week, when we will be urged to consider if there is anything further we can do to better manage our waste.”

“[T]here is evidence that perfectly working equipment is being recycled instead of being diverted for re-use”. He said that “it is unacceptable that re-usable equipment is destroyed for material recovery in instances where the more environmentally sustainable option is to re-use this equipment.

"My Department is working with the relevant stakeholders, including the social economy sector in developing a protocol to promote and facilitate higher levels of reuse”. I hope to see that protocol completed before the end of this year."

Today's press release, "Recycling Rate for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Continues to Grow" can be read in full on the Dept of the Environment's website here:

http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment...y,15428,en.htm

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Old Posted: 24-08-2010 , 12:00 AM #2
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Default 547,000 Fridges/Freezers recycled (13/08/10)

Dept of the Environment Press Release (13/08/2010)

"GORMLEY WELCOMES FIVE SUCCESSFUL YEARS OF WEEE RECYCLING"

Since the implementation of the WEEE Directive in August 2005

o 41.95 million household WEEE items collected to date
o Over 180 thousand tonnes of household WEEE diverted from landfill
o 547,000 Fridges/Freezers recycled
o 3.8 million large household appliances recycled
o Over 1 million televisions recycled
o Almost 1 million computer monitors collected
o 11,968 tonnes / 9.6 million units of small consumer equipment collected
o A Collection rate of over 9kg/inhabitant achieved


Details...here:
http://www.environ.ie/en/Environment...y,23853,en.htm
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