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Electronic equipment (EEE)
Treatment of electronics

Environmental treatment of electronics

Here you can see where and how our end-of-life electronics are subjected to environmental treatment, including the rate of reuse, recycling, and recovery.

Geographical location of first treatment per category 2022

ÅrKategoriBehandlet i DanmarkBehandlet i EU ej DanmarkBehandlet uden for EU
20188. Medicinsk udstyr|8. Medical devices52.64793.0590
20183. IT- og teleudstyr|3. IT and telecommunications equipment3238.1155599.8860
20181. Store husholdningsprodukter|1. Large household appliances33465.0562840.5330
20189. Overvågnings- og reguleringsinstrumenter|9. Monitoring and control instruments1051.557154.3610
20182. Små husholdningsprodukter|2. Small household appliances2805.3284004.1890
20185b. Lyskilder|5b. Light sources393.918446.5570
20185a. Armaturer|5a. Luminaries715.0731215.8850
20184a. Forbrugerudstyr|4a. Consumer equipment4123.4873979.0720
20186. Elektrisk og elektronisk værktøj|6. Electrical and electronic tools1312.5641725.1890
20187. Legetøj og fritids- og sportsudstyr|7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment352.667597.7930
201810. Automatiske dispensere|10. Automatic dispensers0.74800
20184b. Fotovoltaiske paneler|4b. Photovoltaic panels1.0600
20215. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment8694.4416341.890
20214. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment30429.6173527.7890.287
2021|211.3210.2220
20213. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources173.978518.9070
20212. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors5973.21400
20216. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment1912.6941767.2530
20211. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment14576.74100
20217. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels8.463.6090
20234. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment35909.40310.7730.038
20235. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment11695.39700
20233. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources516.84170.4880
20237. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels107.53300
20232. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors6008.63400
20236. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment1762.1962.9330
20231. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment15144.704605.0420
20204. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment30183.6913725.5050
20205. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment9403.317394.1730
20206. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment2030.1252771.380
20203. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources280.344497.1480
20202. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors7000.19700
20201. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment14963.856205.060
20207. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels016.2490
20225. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment7592.2015190.7620
20224. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment28167.6325393.8820.001
20223. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources175.903394.6060
20222. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors5208.94600
20226. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment1721.5851025.4150
20221. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment15516.422190.640
20227. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels103.73500
20195. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment8752.4699693.9290
20194. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment28374.0152549.8410
20196. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment895.7361942.4680
20193. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources312.887490.8050
20192. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors3819.2122286.6530
20191. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment12953.263512.2430
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Environmental treatment and environmental targets

A number of statutory requirements and objectives must be met for the treatment of waste equipment. After waste collection and delivery to a reprocessing facility a distinction is made between the following forms of treatment:

  • Preparing for re-use: Introduced with a legislative amendment in 2014.  A definition of treatment criteria is still pending, and is not fully representative in connection with the reporting of data for recent years’ statistics.
  • Recycling: The equipment/the products are subjected to a process to permit recycling of materials or substances.
  • Recovery: Recycling + incineration = recovery. The equipment/the products are treated in a way to permit recycling of materials or substances AND some of the equipment is incinerated in an energy recovery facility. (Recovery is only relevant for WEEE, since incineration is not an approved form of treatment for batteries).
  • Residues: Residues after recycling and incineration disposed of onto land, in a water body or into the air in the form of emissions, evaporation etc. Solid materials from the residual fraction will normally be landfilled at approved landfill facilities.

Reporting of treated quantities is done per category and treatment facility as follows  (Note! information about the choice of treatment plant of the different producers is confidential and can therefore only be accessed by DPA and environmental authorities):

  • Name and address of facility
  • Number of kilograms per category delivered to the facility
  • Number of kilograms per category recycled at the facility (BAT + WEEE)
  • Number of kilograms per category recovered at the facility (only for WEEE)
  • Calculated rates of recycling and recovery

The calculated rate of efficiency for recycling (WEEE and BAT) and recovery (only for WEEE) is used to monitor compliance with the statutory requirements. See below table:

Treatment option and efficiency - reuse, recycling, or recovery

ÅrKategoriSendt til behandlingGenbrugtGenanvendtForbrændtRestGENANV.%NYTTIG %
20183. IT- og teleudstyr|3. IT and telecommunications equipment8838128.0657812.785627.805269.34590%97%
20188. Medicinsk udstyr|8. Medical devices145.7124.351129.7547.2554.35292%97%
20181. Store husholdningsprodukter|1. Large household appliances36305.589414.47328699.7254579.5312611.8680%93%
20189. Overvågnings- og reguleringsinstrumenter|9. Monitoring and control instruments1205.91821.281808.873118.583257.18169%79%
20182. Små husholdningsprodukter|2. Small household appliances6809.51755.9145969.139526.885257.57988%96%
20185b. Lyskilder|5b. Light sources840.4750.083743.1069.67387.61388%90%
20185a. Armaturer|5a. Luminaries1930.95822.6631685.755152.58169.95988%96%
20184a. Forbrugerudstyr|4a. Consumer equipment8102.494232.1047248.559484.693137.13892%98%
20186. Elektrisk og elektronisk værktøj|6. Electrical and electronic tools3037.75332.2252629.222245.687130.61988%96%
20187. Legetøj og fritids- og sportsudstyr|7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment950.4614.383813.75665.56156.7687%94%
201810. Automatiske dispensere|10. Automatic dispensers0.7480.748000100%100%
20184b. Fotovoltaiske paneler|4b. Photovoltaic panels1.0600.9960.0210.04394%96%
20182. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors00000Nan%Nan%
20184. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment00000Nan%Nan%
20215. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment15039.077341.93312448.0871812.274436.78385%97%
20214. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment33943.867529.37227161.662933.8083319.02782%90%
2021|221.5420184.58829.3317.62383%97%
20213. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources692.8850554.590.747137.54880%80%
20212. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors5973.217439.725096.129250.773186.59593%97%
20216. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment3679.60446.0583114.383425.17293.99186%97%
20211. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment14576.741737.93810837.4722581.879419.45279%97%
20217. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels12.069011.4510.618095%100%
20204. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment33899.71433.10227537.1863823.6052105.81783%94%
20205. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment16797.67861.80814525.811747.649462.41187%97%
20206. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment4801.50511.2024280.705401.549108.04989%98%
20203. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources777.4920.001671.8475.447100.19786%87%
20202. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors7000.197146.1616313.942425.563114.53192%98%
20201. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment15168.916943.04211394.9932642.281188.681%99%
20207. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels16.249016.24900100%100%
20225. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment12783.695736.8059707.39100000011147.1011192.39882%91%
20224. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment33561.812895.00926377.0392626.1543663.6181%89%
20222. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors5208.947875.2484240.89288.9873.8298%100%
20223. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources570.5090463.22310.1697.12681%83%
20226. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment2739.529174.0772065.04276.828223.58482%92%
20221. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment15698.097338.11912280.252921.115158.61380%99%
20227. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels103.7351.27483.61718.5620.28282%100%
20234. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment35920.165374.16623761.0054256.6177528.37767%79%
20235. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment11695.397711.1258209.4831720.4871054.30276%91%
20233. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources687.3280551.19917.499118.6380%83%
20237. Fotovoltaiske paneler|7. Photovoltaic panels107.533088.24615.7583.52982%97%
20232. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors6008.6341453.6943369.558107.7971077.58580%82%
20236. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment1765.129124.0711226.802285.149129.10777%93%
20231. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment15749.7465.10112640.6782968.366135.60180%99%
20196. Småt it- og telekommunikationsudstyr|6. Small IT and telecommunications equipment2838.2046.1812561.874161.25108.89990%96%
20195. Småt udstyr|5. Small Equipment18446.595148.04315888.5861664.309745.65787%96%
20194. Stort udstyr|4. Large Equipment30924.999200.67624698.6832890.4373135.20381%90%
20193. Lyskilder|3. Light Sources803.6921.502690.1416.349105.786%87%
20192. Skærme og monitorer|2. Screens & Monitors6105.87235.5375550.841250.98268.5195%99%
20191. Udstyr til temperaturudveksling|1. Temperature Exchange Equipment13465.506801.58310301.9482298.38463.59182%100%
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Definitions can be found under INFO above

Collected quantities of WEEE compared with WEEE sent to treatment

Statutory targets have been set up for both collected and treated volumes. See menu item on EU targets.

Treated volumes appearing from the statistics are not necessarily identical with the volumes collected in the same period. Some collected volumes from one calendar year may not be treated until the subsequent calendar year. Correspondingly, WEEE, batteries, or vehicles collected in one calendar year may have been placed in a temporary storage and sent for treatment in the subsequent year.

Light sources are subjected to the specific source of error that collected volumes will often be registered with too large a weight, since this fraction contains other wastes not covered by producer responsibility. This primarily concerns plastic and cardboard packaging, e.g. for fluorescent lamps. Often the package will be wet since enclosed collection equipment with no drainage possibility and which is located outdoors is used. This means that these incorrect fractions often make up a considerable weight compared with the weight of the light source. When the weight of treated volumes is computed it will be stated only for the light sources without the above incorrect fractions and liquids, which were part of the collected volumes. This means that there will be a ”systematic” deviation between collected and treated volumes. The compliance scheme of Lyskildebranchens WEEE Forening (LWF) has estimated that the incorrect fractions and liquids together make up around 5% of the weight of the collected volumes.

NOTE! Information about the choice of treatment plant of the different producers is confidential and can therefore only be accessed by DPA and environmental authorities.

Read more about calculation methods for Environmental treatment

Statistics electronics

EEE placed on the market

See quantities of electronics per category that were placed on the Danish market in current reporting year; you can also see developments in quantities placed on the market.

Quantities of waste electronics collected

See quantities of waste electronics collected in municipalities, by collective schemes, or taken back by the producer in current reporting year.

Municipal collection of electronics

See municipal collection of waste electronics. See how many electronics each municipality collects per fraction, capita, and total.

Difference - sold and collected

See the difference between what is placed on the market and what is collected as waste.

Treated quantities - Geographical area

See the geographical location of the first treatment facility as well as rate of reuse, recycling, and recovery per category.

Environmental targets Electronics

See Denmark's compliance with environmental targets set out by the EU Commission.