Why MFA? and Why Defra?

Taking the first glance on these two words, they may give us all an alien feeling.

But they in fact simple and important for us to know about how many Carbon we have made during the recycle process.

Calculation based on MFA model (Christopher C. et al.)

Mr. Christopher divided UK's WEEE treatment into three-folds: 1. Recycling (Saving 1.14t CO2 / tonnes of WEEE)

2. Reusing (Saving 0.85t CO2 / tonnes of WEEE)

3. Landfilling (Creat 0.2t CO2 / tonnes of WEEE)

Back to the case in Hong Kong, every years we have 70000t of WEEE produced, 30000 tonnes of WEEE being treated and 14000t of WEEE ended up in our landfills

(Fiducia China, 2024 [https://www.fiducia-china.com/social_respons/facility-tour-to-alba-weee%C2%B7park-gcc-hk/])

In optimistic prospect (which all WEEE being treated in WEEE. PARK / reused)

31400 tonnes of CO2 will be saved by recycling

and

22700 tonnes of CO2 will be saved by reusing

However, MFA is just part of the missing piece on WEEE recycling; thats why Defra is being a professional back-up for recyclers.

Defra is an official calculation method designed by the UK government. Similarly, this calculation also consist of a Carbon unit (Carbon factor).

According to the scale, recycling has a higher carbon factor (21.281) while landfilling has a lower one (8.884)

Are we suggesting you all to throw your WEEE to the landfill and have a lower Carbon Footprint?

NO !

Our team suggest you to follow the MFA calculation since it is easier for us to calculate the Carbon Footprint; while for Defra, it is a professional calculation method, we can leave our job to our mighty and reliable recycler.