(NL) – Some €73m worth of raw materials were lost in 2012 in the Netherlands because waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was discarded as residual waste, according to the Dutch statistics office CBS. Just the gold alone contained in the WEEE would amount to 1 tonne and have a value of €27m, it said. ...
€73m in resources lost when Dutch discard WEEE
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