WEEE and portable batteries in residual household waste: Quantification and characterisation of misplaced waste

Volume: 33, Issue: 11, Pages: 2372 - 2380
Published: Nov 1, 2013
Abstract
A total of 26.1 Mg of residual waste from 3129 households in 12 Danish municipalities was analysed and revealed that 89.6 kg of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), 11 kg of batteries, 2.2 kg of toners and 16 kg of cables had been wrongfully discarded. This corresponds to a Danish household discarding 29 g of WEEE (7 items per year), 4 g of batteries (9 batteries per year), 1 g of toners and 7 g of unidentifiable cables on average...
Paper Details
Title
WEEE and portable batteries in residual household waste: Quantification and characterisation of misplaced waste
Published Date
Nov 1, 2013
Volume
33
Issue
11
Pages
2372 - 2380
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