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152 Substance <strong>flow</strong> <strong>analysis</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>recycling</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>small</strong> WEEE<br />

Eq.<br />

group<br />

Equipment type Average weight (g) 1 Total lifetime (years) 2 Penetration rate in Germany (per 100 sWEEE generation<br />

in Germany<br />

inhabitants) 3 (tonnes)<br />

Penetration rate in sWEEE generation<br />

inhabitants) 4 (tonnes)<br />

<strong>the</strong> USA (per 100 in <strong>the</strong> USA<br />

Electric knife 750 12 10 515 10 1886<br />

Electrical shaver 312 12 30 642 30 2350<br />

Grinding machine 2522 12 10 1733 10 6340<br />

Hair dryer 363 12 40 998 40 3650<br />

Hand-vacuum cleaner 535 12 10 368 10 1346<br />

Loudspeaker 1635 10 100 13481 100 49324<br />

Mixer / Blender 891 12 40 2448 40 8955<br />

Music Keyboard 2200 12 2 302 2 1105944<br />

Plastic-rich <strong>electrical</strong> toy 230 5 100 3796 100 13889<br />

Radio control vehicle 656 5 20<br />

2163 20 7914<br />

Radio set 868 11 100 6509 100 23814<br />

Remote control 92 11 200 1380 200 5051<br />

Telefax 4000 10 9 2968 15 18097<br />

Telephone 638 10 50<br />

2629 40 7696<br />

Telephone answering machine 677 10 24<br />

1340 30 6126<br />

Toaster 1335 12 40<br />

3670 40 13426<br />

Vacuum Cleaner 6338 12 60<br />

26126 60 95590<br />

Wall clock 111 12 50 381 50 1393<br />

Watch 33 12 70<br />

161 70 587<br />

Total 93513 1454882<br />

Total All equipment groups 335068 2740142<br />

1 The data on <strong>the</strong> weight <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> devices are collected in <strong>the</strong> database presented in chapter 3.3.1 (see also Paper 1)

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