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 ...

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.

Under the guidelines and definitions of the Environment Agency enforced (SEPA in Scotland and EHS in Northern Ireland) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, companies in 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 ...

At an EU level, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been identified as a Priority Waste Stream. There are three reasons for this: At least (and probably considerably more than) one ...

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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE Directive), 3 currently in effect until it is repealed on February 15, 2014, covers 10 specifically identified ...

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 ...

While the country was sent into a frenzy last week with the arrival of Nintendo's Wii console, the electronics industry was furrowing its collective brow over a more high-minded soundalike. WEEE, the ...

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 ...

Recycling directive shrouded in uncertainty... With the 13 August deadline for the WEEE Directive fast approaching, there appear to be more questions than answers about its impact on the IT industry.