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Waste - Electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE)

<p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>The dataset provides data on the generation, recycling and reuse of e-waste in OECD countries, one of the fastest growing and most complex waste streams in the world, affecting both human health and the environment and proliferating a loss of valuable raw materials.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:left;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Data source(s)</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: (i) OECD-UNITAR questionnaire for non-European countries (ii) <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_waseleeos/default/table?lang=en">Eurostat database</a> for European countries</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Contact</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>:&nbsp;</span><a href="mailto:ENV.Stat@oecd.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>ENV.Stat@oecd.org</span></a></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>Dataset release date</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>: April 7, 2026</span></p> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <div style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;'> <p style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none;padding:0cm;'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;'><a href="https://webfs-env.oecd.org/files/zWaste%20e-waste%202026.pdf">Database documentation</a></span></p> </div> <div style='margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:15px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm;'><br></div>