The European Parliament has passed new legislation on recycling electrical and electronic goods (Jan 2012). New rules on the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment have been introduced by the European Parliament, which effectively aim at preventing the export … Continue reading
The WEEE directive was ratified into law by the European Union in 2003. Some three years later, the UK adopted the legislation after agreement in Parliament and signing into law by the Crown. The Directive came into force in 2007, … Continue reading
The European Parliament has voted to raise the collection target for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from 65% to 85% in Brussels today (October 4 2011). The parliament’s environment committee voted overwhelmingly in favour for the collection target to … Continue reading
I thought, given that I’ve been active in the management of WEEE for some six odd years and have a plethora of experience (NVQ’s, Engineering Degrees to quantify) that it was time I blew the lid off the UK’s Urban … Continue reading
Waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling rates survey ranks the UK just below average in the pan-European results The UK’s WEEE recycling performance placed it slightly below the average for the countries included in the ERP survey, placing the UK … Continue reading
Mobile phone recycling in the UK could be boosted over the coming weeks as consumers look to ditch old models in favour of investing in the new Samsung Galaxy Xcover. With many fixed term contracts coming to an end, there … Continue reading
In January 2003 the EU published the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive. In December 2006 UK WEEE Legislation was approved by Parliament. This set of legislation then came into force in England and Wales (the UK) in 2007. … Continue reading