Finland recycled approximately 9,000 tons of appliances in the first 4 months of full-scale recycling center operations, according to e.finland.fi, the Finnish Information Society Web site.
In August 2005 SERTY, the electrical and electronic equipment producers organization in Finland coordinating recycling of its members’ products in Finland, opened 170 sites for collecting household appliances and electronic equipment for recycling. By the end of November 2005, it had recovered 9,000 tons of appliances