Galway people recycled 9.98kg of electronic and electrical waste per person last year, beating the 9kg average in the counties covered by the WEEE Ireland recycling scheme.
Across Ireland 21.1 million e-waste items were saved from landfill in 2025 - the highest ever since Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Ireland began collecting 20 years ago.
The WEEE Ireland annual report showed that close to 39,000 tonnes of e-waste were collected nationwide last year - or 7,425 truckloads.
The report also revealed that 84 per cent of counties increased their e-waste recycling rates year-on-year, while an average 82 per cent of materials collected were recovered for reuse in manufacturing, exceeding EU recovery requirement of 80 per cent.
The haul included 18.5 million small appliances, 1.9 million lighting products, 278,222 TVs and monitors and 123,060 fridge-freezers.
WEEE Ireland CEO Leo Donovan praised Galway people for making a real effort to do the right thing.
However, on a general level, he says a more modern approach is needed to measuring the effectiveness of national recycling systems with quality recovery becoming just as important as collection volumes.
