The directive was introduced to little fanfare in the UK about this time last year. A large number of reprocessors jumped on the WEEE bandwaggon, hoping to make quick and "profitable" exercise out of ...

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive (2012/19/EU) aims to reduce the environmental impact of WEEE by encouraging separate collection and recycling of such waste. The ...

Companies will face a variety of legal challenges as they attempt to comply with the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) will caution this ...

The European Parliament has adopted changes to the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive designed to tighten exports of used good and strengthen the recovery electronics.

The European Commission has published proposals to revise the WEEE Directive including a new way of setting national recycling targets and a stronger emphasis on reuse. The proposals to revise the ...

A timetable has been established for implementing the European Commission’s Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. Malcolm Wicks, the energy minister for the United Kingdom’s ...

With everything else going on in the UK over the weekend it is worth noting that the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) came into force on July 1st. To be honest WEEE is a ...

Germany's parliament has approved the country's new waste electronics regulations, implementing the WEEE Directive and the ROHS Directive. The German government has opted for a clearing house system ...

The risk of prosecution for potential non-compliance with the WEEE Directive is often of uppermost concern to companies. In our experience, most companies will weigh up this and any associated risks ...

Inspection, verification, testing and certification company, SGS, has expanded and updated the requirements for waste electrical and electronic equipment - WEEE Directive 20012/19/EU. Originally ...

The EU WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Directive requires 10 categories of electrical and electronic equipment to be collected, treated, recycled and disposed of when it reaches ...