Press release No. 058 of 11 February 2022
WIESBADEN – In 2020, 1,037,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were recycled, otherwise recovered or disposed of in Germany. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the quantity of waste equipment that was accepted for primary treatment rose by 9.5%, or 89,900 tonnes, compared with 2019. The recycling rate, that is, the equipment recycled or prepared for re-use as a proportion of all equipment accepted, increased slightly by 1.3 percentage points to 86.7% (2019: 85.4%). Overall, 899,300 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were recycled, which was an increase of 90,800 tonnes, or 11.2%, on 2019.
