UK: quarterly electronic tools e-waste collection 2023

In the third quarter of 2023, some 6,697 metric tons of electrical and electronic tools were collected from UK households as part of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) directive. The largest amount collected that year was in the second quarter, at 6,946 metric tons.
The quarterly volume of electrical and electronic tools collected has fluctuated since 2013, with the biggest decline in collections occurring in the second quarter of 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Household electrical and electronic tools collected as WEEE in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1st quarter 2013 to 3rd quarter 2023 (in metric tons)

Characteristic	Waste collected in metric tons
Q3 '23	6,697
Q2 '23	6,946
Q1 '23	6,036
Q4 '22	5,116
Q3 '22	6,041
Q2 '22	6,137
Q1 '22	5,658
Q4 '21	4,922
Q3 '21	6,004
Q2 '21	6,339
Q1 '21	5,476
Q4 '20	5,307
Q3 '20	6,469
Q2 '20	2,445
Q1 '20	5,926
Q4 '19	3,819
Q3 '19	4,814
Q2 '19	4,795
Q1 '19	4,407
Q4 '18	3,946
Q3 '18	4,578
Q2 '18	5,127
Q1 '18	4,250
Q4 '17	3,902
Q3 '17	4,970
Q2 '17	5,161
Q1 '17	4,691
Q4 '16	4,043
Q3 '16	5,098
Q2 '16	5,383
Q1 '16	4,766
Q4 '15	4,126
Q3 '15	4,907
Q2 '15	4,979
Q1 '15	4,457
Q4 '14	3,863
Q3 '14	4,718
Q2 '14	4,681
Q1 '14	4,212
Q4 '13	3,650
Q3 '13	4,505
Q2 '13	4,559
Q1 '13	3,743

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Release date

December 2023

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

Q1 2013 to Q3 2023

Supplementary notes

WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
Figures include waste collected by Producer Compliance Schemes and their members.
Values have been rounded.
This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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