Pillar 1
Sustainable Lifestyles
Sustainability and environment protection are priorities in Europe’s transition to a climate-neutral region. APPLiA has been successfully contributing to this change, by pursuing the circularity of the industry and engaging with a wide variety of actors active in the challenge.
Statistical Report – 2019-2020
The home appliance industry continuously works to reduce the impact of production processes and particularly the consumption of energy and water as well as the reduction of waste during production processes. Benchmarking with the EU manufacturing industry shows that, in absolute consumption, the home appliance industry reduced the waste generated by 12% from 2011 to 2018. When looking at water consumption, it was reported a decrease of 61% from 2011 to 2018 due to a large improvement and changes in production in some of manufacturers’ facilities. Finally, the energy consumption is reduced by 17% showing a positive trend.
Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
The home appliance industry continuously works to reduce the impact of production process, (2011-2018)
-12%
Reduction in waste generation during production
-61%
Reduction in water consumption during production
-17%
Reduction in energy consumption during production
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The amount of EEE products placed on the EU market has over the last ten years been fluctuating between 10 and 10,5 Mt per year. The share of home appliances represents 61% of the total EEE in 2018.
Source: UNU-VIE SCYCLE
Home appliances
Other EEE
Electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market in the EU
6.474.464 (62,4%)
3.903.031 (37,6%)
10.377.495
EU Total
Year
Megatonnes (100% = EU Total)
6.382.895 (61,9%)
3.936.882 (38,1%)
10.319.777
6.208.787 (60,7%)
4.020.851 (39,3%)
10.229.638
6.294.373 (61,3%)
3.976.080 (38,7%)
10.270.453
6.126.037 (60,1%)
4.071.449 (39,9%)
10.197.486
6.046.026 (59,4%)
4.128.161 (40,6%)
10.174.187
5.968.669 (58,7%)
4.191.308 (41,3%)
10.159.977
5.492.318 (57,4%)
4.074.005 (42,6%)
9.566.323
5.484.015 (56,0%)
4.310.455 (44%)
9.794.470
6.043.915 (56,9%)
4.583.623 (43,1%)
10.627.538
6.082.266 (57,4%)
4.516.370 (42,6%)
10.598.636
5.788.770 (58,5%)
4.110.776 (41,5%)
9.899.546
5.997.132 (58,7%)
4.222.999 (41,3%)
10.220.131
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Source: Sofies
6,3 million
tonnes of material placed
on the market
7,9 billion
appliances installed in the EU households; 69 million
tonnes of material
3,8 million
tonnes of appliances
collected annually
3,7 million
tonnes of material recovered
The circularity of the material flows of the home appliance industry
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Considering the total number of home appliances places on the EU market in 2018 and the average composition derived from the analysis of nearly 40 additional sources providing averages of a number of products, the above quantities of individual materials were used by the home appliance sector.
Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
Aluminium 0,17 Mt
Concrete 0,39 Mt
Stainless steel 0,59 Mt
Copper 0,15 Mt
Other 0,40 Mt
Glass 0,23 Mt
Electronics 0,16 Mt
Steel 2,16 Mt
Plastics 2,04 Mt
Quantities of individual materials used by the home appliance sector
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Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
Metals (predominantly steel) are dominating for large appliances
Plastics are slightly more prominent for small appliances
Large home appliances
Small home appliances
Small home appliances
Large home appliances
Average material composition of home appliances
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Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
Average material composition of large home appliances
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Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
Average material composition of small home appliances
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Plastic flows from home appliances
*Polymers from other sources Include virgin plastics as well as recycled plastics from other sources than WEEE e.g. Packaging.
Source: Sofies
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Source: Applia data/ecodom/MGG
Type of plastic polymers generated VS collected in WEEE
Cooling & Freezing
PE
(HI)PS
PVC
PUR
POM
Other plastics
PPE+SB
PC&PC+ABS
PP
PA
ABS
PMMA
Total
Generated
Collected
0,46
0,28 (60%)
Generated
Collected
0,55
0,32 (58%)
Generated
Collected
1,04
0,39 (37%)
0
0,26
5,20
7,80
1,04
Units are in million tonnes
Large Home Appliances
Small Home Appliances
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Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
69.4 Mt
Total home appliance
stock weight
7.933 M
Total home appliance
stock units
135 kg
Per inhabitant
Total home appliance stock, 2018
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Source: Sofies
28,1 Mt
Steel
3,1 Mt
Stainless steel
17,6 Mt
Plastics
2,8 Mt
Copper
3,1 Mt
Aluminium
Stock of materials for home appliances
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Source: Eurostat
3,6 MT
EU Total in 2013
4,8 MT
EU Total in 2018
Note: Data for year 2018 is missing from Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Romania. Hence, the decrease figure may not reflect reality.
Total WEEE collected in the EU, from 2013 to 2018 (tonnes per country)
Total
Units are in million tonnes
2013
2018
Tonnes
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Source: Eurostat
7 Kg
Kg/inhabitant in 2013
9,8 Kg
Kg/inhabitant in 2018
Note: Data for year 2018 is missing from Cyprus, Malta, Portugal and Romania. Hence, the decrease figure may not reflect reality.
Total WEEE collected in the EU, from 2013 to 2018 (Kg per inhabitant)
2013
2018
Kg
Total
Average value in EU
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Source: Sofies calculations based on Eurostat data, collection rate based on Eurostat data, waste bin and complementary flows on Prosum data and Ecotic study, quantities of WEEE generated based on apparent
consumption methodology
Collected
Waste bin
Complementary
Gap
EU WEEE amounts documented per Member State
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Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in Europe
2,8 Mt
are reported by Member States
as collected and recycled
0,31 Mt
are estimated to end up
in the waste bin
1 Mt
of WEEE are mixed
with metal scrap
1,1 Mt
Gap
Source: Sofies calculations based on Eurostat data, collection rate based on Eurostat data, waste bin and complementary flows on Prosum data and Ecotic study, quantities of WEEE generated based on apparent
consumption methodology
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Source: Sofies calculations based on UNU-VIE SCYCLE and APPLiA Members data
Megatonnes
7,9
(Total)
8,1
(Total)
8,5
(Total)
8,8
(Total)
9,0
(Total)
9,4
(Total)
9,6
(Total)
9,8
(Total)
10,1
(Total)
10,2
(Total)
10,4
(Total)
10,6
(Total)
10,8
(Total)
Large Home Appliances
Small Home Appliances
Cooling & freezing
Other EEE
Home appliances
Other EEE
Total EU WEEE generated
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Source: Sofies calculations based on UNU-VIE SCYCLE and APPLiA Members data
28%
25%
47%
EU home appliances WEEE per category
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Large home appliances
Cooling & freezing
Small home appliances
Home appliances
Collected
Waste bin
Complementary
Gap
20%
6%
20%
54%
Tonnes
EU home appliance WEEE flows
Source: Sofies calculations based on Eurostat data, collection rate based on Eurostat data, waste bin and complementary flows on Prosum data and Ecotic study, quantities of WEEE generated based on apparent
consumption methodology
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Source: Sofies
Materials recovered from home appliance WEEE, collected by industry
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Source: Sofies
Materials recovered
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Source: Sofies
3,5 Mt
2,16 Mt
Steel
2,04 Mt
Plastics
0,15 Mt
Copper
0,17 Mt
Aluminium
5,2 Mt
Estimated
WEEE
generated
0,16 Mt
Energy
Recovered
1 Mt
Other channels collected
2,8 Mt
Industry collected
Material inflow
Material Recovery
0,094 Mt
Copper
2,2 Mt
Steel
0,094 Mt
Aluminium
0,58 Mt
Plastics
0,52 Mt
Others
6,3 Mt
3,8 Mt
Total volume of products places on the market
Total volume of materials being separately collected across the EU
69 Mt
Total volume
of stock in
EU homes
Use/Reuse
Material collection
The circularity of the material flows of the home appliance industry, in 2018
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1%
16%
39%
44%
According to data collected from APPLiA’s membership, 91% of the requests to manufacturers for a repair of a product resulted in an actual repair in 2018. Breaking down the cost for repair activities, for large appliances for instance, the biggest chunk is the labour cost, representing 44%; 39% of the average price for a repair is the cost of the spare parts; 16% goes to transport and 1% are listed as other costs.
As an observation, nearly 50% of the cost is linked to the work behind the repair and it is not surprising because around 29.000 business partners are directly or indirectly linked to repair activities and services. Manufacturers already provide repair parts, documentation and software to repair services that are authorised to undertake repairs in a safe manner and securing the quality of repair and future safe operation of the appliances at the customer’s continued use of appliances and, in general, there is no shortage of spare parts.
Source: Sofies calculations based on APPLiA Members data
€1,9 bn
industry turnover
for repair & service
29.000
business partners in repair and after-sale services
205 M
units placed on the
market in 2018
91%
of the requests
actually repaired
Small appliances
Large appliances
Cooling & Freezing
Costs
Other
Spare parts
Labour
Transport
When it comes to repair, #DontDespair
44%
33%
8%
15%
25%
16%
30%
29%
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Unidentified during the time of coding*
Not applicable**
Note: in 2019, 68,8% of the washing machines sold were A+++, whereas it was only 8,2% in 2009. The countries included in the data collection are Austria, Belgium, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
A+++
A++
A+
A
B
C
D
Unknown*
n.a.**
Energy efficiency in Europe for washing machines, 2009-2019
Total
Sales Units %
x1.000 (units)
11.000
14.000
13.500
13.000
12.500
12.000
11.500
14.500
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Source: GfK
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A+++
A++
A+
A
B
C
D
Unknown*
n.a.**
Energy efficiency in Europe for dishwashers, 2009-2019
Total
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0
1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
6.000
7.000
8.000
9.000
10.000
Sales Units %
x1.000 (units)
Unidentified during the time of coding*
Not applicable**
Note: in 2019, 99,4% of the dishwashers sold have an energy label of A+++, A++ or A+. The countries included in the data collection are Austria, Belgium, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden.
Source: GfK
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