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ate <strong>of</strong> WEEE collected after the introduction <strong>of</strong> the ElektroG has increased<br />

significantly, whilst the re-use quota fell from 10 % before 24 th March 2006 to 3% in<br />

2007, resulting from the diverging duties and responsibilities for the collection and<br />

further treatment <strong>of</strong> WEEE. While the local authorities are responsible for the local<br />

collection and sorting <strong>of</strong> WEEE, producers are ultimately responsible for the re-use<br />

and recovery <strong>of</strong> WEEE. Moreover as a consequence <strong>of</strong> the ElektroG, many traditional<br />

and well-rehearsed business relationships between local authorities and waste<br />

management companies were cancelled. Instead, producers are commissioning<br />

supra-regional companies, with local companies losing their ‘influence’ on the<br />

collection and transport <strong>of</strong> WEEE. 467<br />

Table 21-2: WEEE Recovered, Recycled and Re-used in Germany 2006.<br />

413<br />

Amount<br />

Recovery<br />

Recovery<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Waste</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>: Annexes<br />

Recovery-<br />

Quota<br />

Re Re-use Re use (components) (components) and<br />

and<br />

Recycling<br />

Recycling<br />

Amount<br />

Recycling-<br />

Quota<br />

Re Re-use Re use use <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> the<br />

the<br />

whole whole appliance<br />

appliance<br />

Product Product category category Weight (tonnes) % Weight (tonnes) % Weight (tonnes)<br />

Large Household<br />

Appliances<br />

Small Household<br />

Appliances<br />

IT &<br />

Telecommunications<br />

Equipment<br />

417,507 91.0 385,725 84.0 3,141<br />

38,646 91.6 28,362 67.2 651<br />

92,602 95.3 75,562 77.8 5,179<br />

Consumer Equipment 106,225 94.9 86,900 77.6 786<br />

Lighting Equipment 262 100 231 88.2 113<br />

Gas discharge lamp 5,331 95.7 5,296 95.4 0<br />

Electrical and<br />

Electronic Tools<br />

Toys, Sports & Leisure<br />

Equipment<br />

9,615 84.0 8,000 69.9 132<br />

3,773 82.7 3,168 69.5 37<br />

Medical Products 2,929 95.1 2,524 81.9 593<br />

Monitoring & Control<br />

Instruments<br />

663 69.1 565 58.9 220<br />

Automatic Dispensers 5,506 94.4 3,731 64.0 1,126<br />

Sum Sum<br />

683,038 92.1 92.1 92.1 600,062 600,062 80.9 80.9 80.9<br />

11, 11,978 11, 978<br />

Source: BMU, Data on EEE in Germany in the year 2006 - BMU Explanations for the report to the EU-<br />

Commission, 5.09.2008<br />

467 Sabine Enzinger, Bilanz ElektroG, Umweltmagazin, July-August 2007, p. 18.

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