More electrical waste was recycled per person last year in Dublin than any other county in Ireland.
It was a 5.9% rise in 2019 over previous years, and amounted to around 12.5kg per person.
Dublin residents recycled a total of 12,769,742 kg of electrical waste for free at local authority recycling centres, WEEE Ireland free public collection days and participating retailers in 2019, Dublin Live reports.
But there's a warning that 2020 will see the programme struggle to reach its 65% benchmark if an expected glut of waste electrical items is not diverted from landfill.
WEEE Ireland CEO Leo Donovan said: "Households throughout the country have used the lockdown to carry out extended spring cleaning, and it is vital that these end of life electrical items do not end up in landfill, or worse illegally dumped, destroying the progress that we have made as a nation.
“Now that people are free to travel within their counties, we are urging consumers to avoid an e-waste crisis by recycling for free at their local authority recycling centres and participating retailers which have now reopened.
“2019 was a major target year when we successfully demonstrated that a structure was in place to effectively manage e-waste from households. However, 2020 brings a different challenge.
“We are facing a battle to stay on target against an increase in electrical and electronic products sold over the past three years and the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on recycling.”
