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In 2024, more than half of EU individuals aged between 16 and 74 simply kept their old mobile phone or smartphone in their household. 18% gave or sold the device to someone else, 11% recycled it, and 2% threw it away without recycling.


Greece (25%) and Czechia (18%) reported the highest rates of people who recycled their old mobile or smartphone in 2024. Croatia (34%) and Romania (26%) reported the highest shares of people who gave or sold their old phone to someone else. More ...
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In 2023, most of the EU final energy consumption in the residential sector was covered by natural gas (29.5%) and electricity (25.9%). Renewables accounted for 23.5%, followed by petroleum products (10.3%) and derived heat (8.5%). A small proportion was still covered by coal products (solid fossil fuels) (2.2%) More ...
In 2022, expenditure on family/children benefits in the EU amounted to 8.6% of total expenditure on social benefits. The relative importance of family/children benefits varied between EU countries. The highest shares were 15.6% of all expenditure on social benefits in Poland and 14.8% in Luxembourg; double-digit shares were also recorded in 10 other EU countries. More ...