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Refrigerator

Composition

Electrical and electronic components, plastic, glass, metal, and various chemical elements.

Environmental impact

Improperly discarded electrical and electronic equipment pollutes the environment and various ecosystems, as it may contain hazardous chemical elements such as lead and mercury.

Disposal instructions

Dispose of at a recycling yard or hand over to an authorised collector of electrical and electronic waste.

Factoid

In the European Union, over 13 million tonnes of electrical and electronic equipment enter the market annually, but only around 5 million tonnes are collected separately.