This platform displays all readily available data on products put on the market, stocks, composition and waste flows for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), vehicles and batteries for all EU 28 Member States plus Switzerland and Norway. Iceland is also included for vehicles.
The user can select and produce charts. It is also possible to access the extensive library of more than 800 source documents and databases used to populate this platform. You can also see the metadata allowing you to review the key underlying information and to understand the data quality.
The data includes those elements and materials found to be of high abundance in these waste products. This includes mainly base metals, precious metals and those also listed as Critical Raw Materials. Some data on glass and plastics is also recorded and provided, although this was not a focus of the project.
The data for batteries, EEE and vehicles is presented under three broad headings:
1. The Urban Mine representing the number and type of products placed on the market, in-stock (in use and hibernated) and generated as waste (or leaving the stock for vehicles) .
2. The Compositions specified for key components, materials and elements, such as aluminium, copper, gold or neodymium, contained in BATT, EEE and vehicle products.
3. The Waste Flows, including reported collection amounts, estimates for small batteries and EEE products in unsorted municipal solid waste, some complementary battery and EEE recycling flows, exported used vehicles and unknown whereabouts of vehicles, batteries and electronics.
Please click on the tiles above or the menu on the left to enter the urban mine platform and commence your data search.