Q3 UK WEEE Compliance Data for 2025

December 11th, 2025

The Environment Agency published the Q3 2025 UK WEEE data on 1^st December 2025. The collection data shows that some streams continue to fall short of the UK targets after quarter 3.

EEE placed on the UK market (POM)

The table below demonstrates that 3,300 tonnes less EEE was placed on the UK market (POM) in Q3 2025 when comparing against the same period last year (Q3 2024).

There were decreases across various categories in Q3 2025 compared with Q3 2024; Large Household Appliances (Category 1) decreased significantly by 9% (nearly 13,000 tonnes), IT and Telecomms Equipment decreased by 14% (over 2,100 tonnes), Toys, Leisure and Sports decreased by 21% (over 3,500 tonnes) and Display Equipment, by 8% (over 1,600 tonnes)

But there were increases with some streams too; Cooling Appliances Containing Refrigerants increased by 4% (over 2,300 tonnes), Photovoltaic Panels increased by 16% (over 5,600 tonnes), and the total Small Mixed WEEE categories 2-10 increased by 3% (over 10,000 tonnes).

The Q3 2025 POM data shows consistent levels in quarter 3 volumes over the last 5 years.

The charts below compare the volumes of EEE placed onto the UK market for each stream in quarter 3 over the last four years (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025).

WEEE collected

As the table below demonstrates, WEEE collection volumes in Q3 2025 showed a 5% increase when compared to the same period last year (by nearly 7,000 tonnes).

Some categories demonstrated growth, particularly Large Household Appliances (Category 1) which saw an increase of 8% (over 3,100 tonnes), Cooling Appliances Containing Refrigerants (Category 12) grew by 6% (over 2,400 tonnes), and Categories 2-10 Small Mixed WEEE collections grew by 4% (nearly 1,460 tonnes). Photovoltaic Panels (Category 14), saw a huge 393% increase, by 374 tonnes.

The following streams showed a decline in collection volumes; Display Equipment (Category 11) decreased by 1% (144 tonnes) and Gas Discharge Lamps (Category 13) decreased by 20% (217 tonnes).

The Q3 2025 collection data is the highest quarter 3 collection volume since 2016.

The charts below compare the volumes of WEEE collected for each stream in quarter 3 over the last four years (2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025).

Outlook for the compliance year

When looking at the Q3 2025 collection volumes against the collection targets for 2025, this demonstrates that Large Household Appliances (Category 1), Cooling Appliances Containing Refrigerants (Category 12) and Photovoltaic Panels (Category 14) are on track after quarters 1,2 and 3, whilst Display Equipment (Category 11), Categories 2-10 Small Mixed WEEE and Gas Discharge Lamps & LED Light Sources (Category 13) have still got some catching up to do. It is looking likely that both Display Equipment (Category 11), Categories 2-10 Small Mixed WEEE will not meet the 2025 collection targets.