# The EU collected 12.3 kg of e-waste per person > Collected electrical and electronic waste increased by 0.7 kg per person from 2023. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024 - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Environment - Published: 2026-10-15T17:36:41+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-15T17:36:41+00:00 - Event / data period: 2024 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024.md) Eurostat reported that 12.3 kg of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was collected per person in the EU in 2024. In the same year, 32.4 kg of new electrical and electronic equipment was placed on the EU market per person. The difference is not an estimate of uncollected waste: equipment may remain in use, await disposal, be stored at home, or enter informal or unmonitored treatment. From 2015 to 2024, equipment placed on the market per person rose 79%, from 18.1 kg to 32.4 kg; collected e-waste increased from 7.3 kg to 12.3 kg. Eurostat cautions that both reported amounts may be underestimated because cross-border online sales, non-compliant producers and informal waste treatment are difficult to capture fully. Bulgaria (18.9 kg), Czechia (17.8 kg) and France (17.7 kg) recorded the highest collection per person. ## Data ### Equipment and e-waste per person New equipment placed on the market and e-waste collected per person in the EU in 2024 and 2015; metric tonnes. Methodology: Source values in kg per person are divided by 1,000 to show tonnes per person. New equipment and collected end-of-life equipment are different flows; their difference is not the amount of uncollected waste. | Measure | tonnes per person | |---|---| | New equipment placed on market | 0.0324 | | E-waste collected | 0.0123 | | Equipment placed on market, 2015 | 0.0181 | | E-waste collected, 2015 | 0.0073 | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024/data/reported-values?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/eu-collected-12-3-kg-of-e-waste-per-person-in-2024/data/reported-values?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [Eurostat]() (Source checked: 2026-10-15; Published: 2026-10-14) --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)