This 20.6 kg difference per person highlights an increase in the stock of devices, either because they are still in use, awaiting disposal, being hoarded at home or lost to informal, unmonitored waste treatment.

Between 2015 and 2023, the EEE placed on the market in the EU grew by 78%, from 18.1 kg per person in 2015 to 32.2 kg in 2023.

The Netherlands recorded the highest amount of EEE placed on the market, with 45.4 kg per person, followed by Germany (38.9 kg) and Austria (35.1 kg). At the other end, in Cyprus, only 14.8 kg of electronic equipment per person was put on the market. Slovakia (15.8 kg) and Bulgaria (17.9 kg) followed with the lowest values.