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.

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 ...

There is theory and then there is practice. European Commission authorities responsible for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive are hearing that loud message from municipal ...

The original Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE Directive), 3 currently in effect until it is repealed on February 15, 2014, covers 10 specifically identified ...

Recolight membership development manager Frank Craven discusses how changes to the WEEE Regulations could affect UK-based LED lighting companies. LED lamps have become big business in the last few ...

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 ...

Last Friday saw the 18-month deadline for compliance with the latest WEEE directive on the disposal of solar PV modules pass, with only the governments of the U.K. and Bulgaria officially transposing ...

The ECA is concerned that the incorporation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive into UK legislation could involve extra work and costs for its members. Within the ...

The Argus recently advertised www.recyclenow.com as somewhere to visit if you wish to recycle electrical and other items (The Argus, July 5). It is unfortunately still a little-known fact that under ...