Table 3.5
Household e-waste disposal, Canada and provinces, 2009

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Household e-waste disposal, Canada and provinces, 2009


Table summary
This table displays the results of household e-waste disposal had unwanted electronic devices to dispose of, had unwanted electronic devices to dispose of and put them in the garbage, calculated using put them in the garbage, took or sent them to a depot or drop-off centre, returned them to a supplier or retailer, donated them or gave them away, still had them, other and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Had unwanted electronic devices to dispose of Had unwanted electronic devices to
dispose of
Put them in the garbage Took or sent them to a depot or drop-off centre Returned them to a supplier or retailer Donated them or gave them away Still
had them
Other
  percent
Canada 36 11 45 5 22 28 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 18 Note F: too unreliable to be published 34 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 36  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Prince Edward Island 36 Note F: too unreliable to be published 51 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 35  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Nova Scotia 41 Note F: too unreliable to be published 61 Note F: too unreliable to be published 11  Note E: Use with caution 30 Note F: too unreliable to be published
New Brunswick 30 28 28 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 34 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Quebec 30 13 29 9  Note E: Use with caution 31 29 3  Note E: Use with caution
Ontario 35 13 41 3  Note E: Use with caution 22 28 2  Note E: Use with caution
Manitoba 45 11  Note E: Use with caution 41 Note F: too unreliable to be published 28  Note E: Use with caution 29  Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published
Saskatchewan 40 10  Note E: Use with caution 69 Note F: too unreliable to be published 20 23 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Alberta 46 5  Note E: Use with caution 63 Note F: too unreliable to be published 16 29 Note F: too unreliable to be published
British Columbia 43 10  Note E: Use with caution 57 Note F: too unreliable to be published 19 26 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Source(s): 
Statistics Canada, 2011, Households and the Environment, 2009 , Catalogue no. 11-526-X.
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