Electrical and electronic waste

In 2023, a total of 71,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste was utilized either as material or as energy. This corresponded to 44 percent of all devices delivered to the domestic market. The number decreased slightly from the previous year. The majority, 91 percent, was utilized as material.
 
Large devices over 50 cm in size, heating and cooling devices, heating and cooling devices and small devices under 50 cm were utilized the most.
 
WEEE scrap has a lot of utilization potential. In addition to conventional waste materials, the waste stream contains strategic and critical raw materials as well as valuable materials.
 
Energy recovery is a suitable processing method for some of WEEE's plastic materials due to the harmful substances they contain.
 
Different categories of equipment have their own recovery, recycling and reuse goals, which producers must take care of achieving:
- Heating and cooling equipment and other large equipment: recovery target 85% and reuse and recycling target 80%.
- Screens: recovery target is 80% and reuse and recycling target is 70%.
- Small equipment and small telecommunication equipment: recovery target 75% and reuse and recycling target 55%
- Lamps: recycling target 80%
 
According to information from the Pirkanmaa ELY Center, the reuse, recycling and recovery goals of the collected scrap were achieved in 2023, except for lamps.

In 2023, a total of 71,000 tons of electrical and electronic waste was utilized either as material or as energy. This corresponded to 44 percent of all devices delivered to the domestic market. The number decreased slightly from the previous year. The majority, 91 percent, was utilized as material.
 
Large devices over 50 cm in size, heating and cooling devices, heating and cooling devices and small devices under 50 cm were utilized the most.
 
WEEE scrap has a lot of utilization potential. In addition to conventional waste materials, the waste stream contains strategic and critical raw materials as well as valuable materials.
 
Energy recovery is a suitable processing method for some of WEEE's plastic materials due to the harmful substances they contain.
 
Different categories of equipment have their own recovery, recycling and reuse goals, which producers must take care of achieving:
- Heating and cooling equipment and other large equipment: recovery target 85% and reuse and recycling target 80%.
- Screens: recovery target is 80% and reuse and recycling target is 70%.
- Small equipment and small telecommunication equipment: recovery target 75% and reuse and recycling target 55%
- Lamps: recycling target 80%
 
According to information from the Pirkanmaa ELY Center, the reuse, recycling and recovery goals of the collected scrap were achieved in 2023, except for lamps.