(CIANEWS) - In 2022, Czechs recycled 5,661 tonnes of old electric appliances (up 6% year on year) using DATART collection services. Large appliances made up 5,476 tonnes. A total of 2,333 tonnes of refrigerators (up by 13%) were recycled. A total of 9,076 kg of batteries (up by 77%) were handed over and subsequently recycled. The consumer electronics seller said that its tailored goods packaging technology and using remnants as fillers enabled it to save 88% on fillers and one-third of total packaging costs. It further recycles approximately 500 tonnes of packaging by removing it after an appliance is installed at the customer.