WEEE

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community directive 2002/96/EC which became European Law in February 2003 along with RoHS setting collection, recycling, & recovery targets for all types of electronic products. WEEE directive deems that manufacturers must be responsible for the disposal of the equipment they make.

 

RoHS and WEEE deal with different parts of the product life cycle. RoHS seeks to reduce the amount of hazardous materials entering electronic products while WEEE deals with reducing the amount of electronics entering landfills. RoHS is the beginning, and WEEE is the end.

 

WEEE affects EEE in 10 product categories put on market since August 13, 2005. The categories are

 

1. Large household appliances  (e.g. air conditioner appliances)
2. Small household appliances (e.g. toaster)
3. IT and telecommunications equipment (e.g. computers, phone systems, printers)
4. Consumer equipment (e.g. radios, TVs, video cameras)
5. Lighting equipment (e.g. fluorescent lamps, sodium lamps)
6. Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary
   industrial tools) (e.g. tools for riveting, nailing, screwing, etc.)
7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment
8. Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)
9. Monitoring and control instruments (e.g. controls panels used in industrial installations)
10. Automatic Dispensers (e.g. vending machines)

Method specified to demonstrate compliance

•  Product label
•  Registration and Reporting of sales on a regular basis
•  Information for Treatment Facilities on End of Life (EOL) recycling (Article 11)
•  Information for users of WEEE (Article 10)

Tachus provides logistical, operational, and technical consulting solutions for WEEE recycling compliance. As WEEE requirements are country specific, Tachus’s services are designed to adapt and conform to each country's rules and regulations

See WEEE FAQ for more details.

 

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