WASTE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT REVIEW FEATURE
October 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL and EMMA JACKSON
A POLITICAL battle royal is about to commence in Brussels over an overhaul of the European Union's (EU) 'waste from electrical and electronic equipment' (WEEE) directive, a law that has essentially failed to push most of this material into the hands of recyclers. A key element of reforms sought by the European Commission is to change the existing collection target from the current 4kg/head of population per year to a more flexible, but binding target of 65% of the average weight of electrical and electronic equipment placed on ...
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