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Home » News » WATEP 1st Year Data
Jun 19 2012

WATEP 1st Year Data

For: Residential, Commercial, Government | Key Subject/s: E-waste

A total of 61,811 items weighing more than 1,000 tonnes has been prevented from being landfilled through the WATEP scheme. The bulk of this was old CRT TVs making up 69%. To see the data, refer to the bottom of the WATEP page.

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