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Categories 05 06 Tonnes % Tonnes % Fridges/Freezers 1123 20% 3739 18% Large Household Appliances 3381 61% 11484 55% Small Household Appliances 191 3% 1054 5% IT&T E/ECommunications 291 5% 1523 7% Consumer Electronics 452 8% 2425 12% Lighting 58 1% 383 2% Tools 47 1% 281 1% Toys 0 0% 0 0% Medical Equipment 0 0% 0 0% Monitoring Equipment 2 0% 3 0% Automatic Dispensers 0 0% 0 0% Total 5545 100% 20892 100% ART_4_Annual Report.indd 19 09/03/2007 15:48:05
Awareness Schools Programme In 2006 WEEE Ireland developed a schools education and awareness programme on a pilot basis for national schools. The schools involved were participating in the Green Schools project with An Taisce and welcomed the opportunity to gain more recycling points toward their Green Flag. The programme involved WEEE Ireland team members meeting each class to give information on recycling waste electrical equipment and answer the many questions pupils had on the process. A note was sent to each pupil’s home from the school encouraging parents and pupils to bring small WEEE for recycling to school on a designated day. On average 1kg per pupil from each school was collected and each school involved was presented with a certificate of participation and a donation from WEEE Ireland of a refurbished computer for use in classroom activities. In 2007 WEEE Ireland will be rolling out this schools programme in our designated collection area in partnership with RehabRecycle. Our new mascot Sparky will be used on the accompanying literature and website downloads to promote awareness on WEEE recycling with the younger audience. LA Collection Days WEEE Ireland held 20 public collection days in various locations throughout Ireland in partnership with the relevant Local Authorities and/or local waste contractors. The areas chosen for these collections days were primarily those where the general public did not have access to a WEEE collection facility in their locality. The days proved a great success with on average over 6kg of WEEE collected per head of estimated local population and received very positive local press coverage. Island Collection WEEE Ireland has also braved the elements to collect WEEE from Inisboffin Island and Aran Island where the island inhabitants do not have a regular WEEE collection service available to them. Over 10 tonnes of old washing machines, fridge freezers, TVs and many smaller items were loaded from both islands onto our sub contractor’s vehicle at the ports and ferried back to the mainland for processing. 20 ART_4_Annual Report.indd 20 09/03/2007 15:48:27
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Page 7 and 8: Mission The WEEE Forum is the centr
Page 9 and 10: Producers Producers Obligations Pro
Page 11 and 12: WEEE RECYCLING PROCESS WEEE Familie
Page 13 and 14: Contract Partners Rehab Group WEEE
Page 15 and 16: Collection of WEEE throughout Irela
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Page 23 and 24: Affiliated Producers - December 31s
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