In response to extended producer responsibility, promote zero waste, and to solve serious pollution problems caused by WEEE, E&E Recycling was established in August 1998 by 12 major home appliance manufacturers as Taiwan’s first licensed recycling plant and Asia’s first professionally operated WEEE treatment plant. E&E Recycling can deal with end-of-life electrical and electronic waste safely and environmentally, and hence able to avoid the negative environmental impact and harm caused by random dismantling and disposal.

E&E Recycling adheres to the vision of “resource recycling, urban mining, and sustainable use”. Waste home appliances and IT products are transformed into valuable resources through E&E Recycling’s physical process. E&E Recycling not only demonstrates extended producer responsibility, but is also a pioneer in practicing circular economy in Taiwan.

Linking up the green supply chain to create circular value for WEEE

E&E Recycling has now achieved a recycling rate of more than 85%. The recycled materials such as iron, copper, aluminum and plastics recovered from waste home appliances and waste IT products can be reused by the upstream manufactures. E&E Recycling also assists the manufactures to implement green design solutions such as material labeling, easy to dismantle and recycle solutions, which further strengthens resource recycling and sustainable value of materials.

- By the end of 2018, E&E Recycling has treated more than 872 million waste home appliances and 807 million waste IT products.

- Resource retrieved are iron 171,000 T, copper 16,800 T, aluminum 7,500 T and plastics 65,000 T. Benefits achieved include energy saving and carbon reduction, resource sustainability and environmental conservation.

Partners:

- Home appliance and IT product manufactures

- Renewable-resource reuse companies