EUROPE SHOULD RAISE GAME ON ELECTRONICS RECYCLING – UNU
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) should not only increase the waste electrical equipment it collects for recycling and salvage, it should prioritise collecting items posing dangerous environmental problems, a UN report has claimed. Written for the European Commission, the United Nations University (UNU)-led study concluded only 25% of Europe's medium-sized household appliances and 40% of larger appliances are collected for salvage and recycling, leaving "substantial room for improvement." Furthermore, small appliances, with few exceptions, are ...
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