46
3.2.3 Costs of Electronic-Waste Recycling
Given the large numbers and weights of units of these products in waste electrical
and electronic equipment that need to be collected physically for recycling,
5
it is not
difficult to see that the transportation costs play an important role among the deter5 See Sect. 3.3 for further information regarding the physical border of waste electrical and electronic equipment items to be recycled.
Table 3.2 Generation and collection/recycling of Electronic-waste: Germany and Japan, 2013
Germany
Japan
Electronic-waste generated (per capita),
in kg
21.6
17.3
Total Electronic-waste generated, in
kilotons
1769
2200
Total Electronic-waste collected and
recycled, in kilotons
–
556
Population
81,589
127,061
National regulation of Electronic-waste
recycling
Yes
Yes
Source: Compiled by the authors based on publicly available information. JEMAI (2017), and EU
Eurostat (2017)
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT units
(1000)
Recycled rate (%)
Air conditioner
Television (CRT)
Television (LCD)
Refregirator
Washing Machine
Total WEEE units
collected (1000)
Total WEEE units
recycled (1000)
Fig. 3.2 Rates (%) of recycling and collection of Electronic-waste in Japan, 2001–2016. (Source:
Compiled by the authors based on data from the Japanese Ministry of Environment Data Source
http://www.env.go.jp/policy/keizai_portal/A_basic/a06.html and other sites)
H. Hayami and M. Nakamura