Across Europe there are over 150 national laws on extended producer responsibility covering batteries, e-waste, packaging, vehicles, tyres, waste oil, paints, textiles and many more materials.
Source: BIO by Deloitte
Electronic waste, also known as e-waste, is the fastest growing waste stream in the world, with tens of millions of tonnes of devices, gadgets and appliances being thrown out every year.
Source: European Commission
Europe produced 78.6 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2005 rising to 79.9 million tonnes in 2012. Over the same period the recycling rate increased from 54.6 % to 64.6 %.
Source: Eurostat
A recent study of e-waste categories highlighted that the value to European markets of bringing e-waste streams into the circular economy would be €2.15 billion.
Source: European Commision