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The WEEE Man is made from the amount of waste electrical and electronic products that an average UK citizen – YOU – will throw away in YOUR lifetime, if YOU carry on disposing of products at the current rate. Currently most of these products go straight into landfill. From January 2006 manufactures & retailers will be responsible for recycling this waste under new EU legislation called the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Directive.
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MOBILE PHONES
Every year in the UK we discard 15 million mobile phones. Count how many products you own that may require recycling under the WEEE Directive
COMPUTERS
A 24-kilogram desktop PC uses about 10 times its weight in fossil fuels, materials and chemicals during its production and operation
FRIDGES
Every year in the UK we discard 3 million fridges
TELEVISIONS
Every year in the UK we discard 5 million TV sets
YOUR WEEE
The average UK person discards 16Kg of WEEE a year – equivalent in weight to 160 mobile phones
UK WEEE
The UK discards around 1 million tonnes of household WEEE each year – equivalent in weight to 81 HMS Belfasts
EUROPEAN WEEE
Europe discards 6.5 million tonnes of household WEEE each year – equivalent in weight to 590 times the weight of the steel in Tower Bridge