Annual Report - Sens

Key figures
2011: key figures for the SENS recycling system in Switzerland
System 2011 2010 Change
Manufacturers and importers obliged to apply the ARF 720 713 1%
Official SENS recycling companies 20 20 0%
Official SENS collection points 436 436 0%
Customers in the SENS online system 5,190 8,685 – 40%
Collection orders via the SENS online system 22,119 22,299 – 1%
Credit notes for waste disposal services 5,077 5,142 – 1%
Recycling
Small electronic appliances (small household appliances,
building, garden, hobby appliances, toys and games)
Volume in tonnes 18,600 17,900 4%
Via official SENS collection points 86% 83% 4%
Through trade1) 11% 14% – 21%
Returned direct to the official SENS recycling companies
Large electronic appliances
3% 3% 0%
Large household appliances by item 523,900 524,444 0%
Refrigeration, freezing, air-conditioning and compressor appliances by item 369,300 349,867 6%
Volume in tonnes 2) 45,100 47,000 – 4%
Via official SENS collection points 90% 85% 6%
Through trade1) 8% 13% – 38%
Returned direct to the official SENS recycling companies
Lighting equipment
2% 2% 0%
Volume in tonnes 1,114 1,156 – 3%
Via official SENS collection points 80% 78% 3%
Through trade1) 14% 13% 8%
Returned direct to the official SENS recycling companies
Luminaires
6% 9% – 33%
Volume in tonnes
Non-VREG material (not financed via the ARF)
2,205 1,923 15%
Volume in tonnes 8,525 3,500 144%
Total volume recycled within the SENS system in tonnes 73,400 71,500 3%
Total recycled per head 3) in kilo
Volume of SWICO appliances processed via the SENS system in tonnes
9.32 9.18 2%
Office, entertainment, photographic, telecommunications equipment
Financing
2,283 2,390 – 4%
Revenue in the SENS system In CHF million 34.2 31.6 8%
Expenditure for recycling, including checking, public relations In CHF million 32.5 34.0 – 4%
Withdrawn / set aside for future recycling In CHF million 0.1 – 2.4 – 104%
Expenditure for SENS administration In CHF million 1.7 1.6 6%
Total costs for recycling In CHF / kg 0.44 0.49 – 10%
1) These figures do not include numbers whose handling was carried out through collection orders from third parties
(e.g. collection points, transport companies).
2) Average weight of large household appliances in 2010: 59 kg per item; in 2011: 54 kg per item; average weight of
refrigeration, freezing, air-conditioning and compressor appliances in 2010: 46 kg per item; in 2011: 45 kg per item
3) Per head in 2010: 7,785,800; in 2011: 7,870,100
12 SENS Annual Report 2011