WEEE

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WEEE ROHS
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OBJECTIVES

• Reducing the waste from electrical and electronic
  equipment
• Reducing the environmental impacts of electrical
  and electronic equipment

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KEY DRIVERS

• More sustainable use of resources
• Producer responsibility
• Higher treatment standards
• Waste minimisation

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IMPORTANT DATES

• Enforced under EU law on 13/2/03
• Both Directives must be transposed into UK law by
  13/08/04
• Spring 2003 (1st consultation on implementation
  options)
• 25th November 1st March (2nd consultation on
  preferred options for implementation)
• May 2004 draft regulations
• Registration of producers early 2005?
• Collection and Treatment systems Autumn 2005
• Marking of new products - Autumn 2005
• RoHS banned substances July 2006
• Meet Recycling targets- December 2006

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WEEE DIRECTIVE

• 10 categories covered
• Producer responsibility from 2005
• Separate collection encouraged
• Free take back of WEEE

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WEEE DIRECTIVE cont

• Provision of an adequate collection network and
  retailer take-back schemes.
• Criteria and permitting for treatment of WEEE
• Marking of products

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COLLECTION

• Recovery and recycling targets for separately
  collected WEEE
• Proposals to develop existing CA site network
• Development of clearing house concept
• Arrange/allocate transportation
• Planned to hold register of producers
• Work alongside Environment Agency

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TREATMENT

• All separately collected WEEE to be treated
• Removal of substances and components (e.g. lead,
  mercury),
• To be carried out by licensed operators according
  to standards.
• Premises must have adequate storage facilities
  (i.e. weatherproof and with impermeable floors
  etc) for removed substances and components.

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RECOVERY RECYCLING

• Recovery and recycling targets apply only to
  separately collected WEEE - to be met by 2006

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FINANCING

• For household WEEE - producers to pay for their
  own products, bought onto the market from after
  15th August 2005
• For business WEEE producers to pay for
  collection, treatment and recovery.
• For pre-Directive historic WEEE producers
  must contribute to total costs according to
  market shares. Or option of visible fee (over 8
  yrs)

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Useful Information

• WEEE ROHS implementation
• http//www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/weee/
• WEEE ROHS Guidance
• http//www.envirowise.gov.uk/envirowisev3.n
  sf/key/ElectronicsP
• Guidance on recycling of small WEEE items
• www.defra.gov.uk/environment/consumerprod/a
  ccpe/research/pdf/accpe-recyc-elec.pdf
• A Guide for Local and Regional Authorities
• http//www.acrr.org/resourcities/download/vf
  -guide/broch_acrr_angl.pdf?download1
• WEEE Recycling Network (up-to-date information)
• http//www.weeenetwork.com/index.htm