by Owen Collins | Apr 1, 2019 | Around the Industry
WEEElogic has announced the release of a range of free PDF country profiles, providing an overview of each European country’s specifications in terms of WEEE Directive compliance. The European WEEE Directive states that any producer placing EEE (Electrical and...
by Owen Collins | Mar 5, 2019 | Around the Industry
The British Government’s Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs has revealed that targets for WEEE collection have been missed for the second successive year. The figures, released at the end of last week, show that the UK fell short of its collection...
by Owen Collins | Mar 1, 2019 | Around the Industry
The British Government’s Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs has informed producer compliance schemes that WEEE collection targets could rise by 12 percent. The Department released proposed targets for 2019 to WEEE collection and recycling...
by Owen Collins | Feb 7, 2019 | Around the Industry
Basel Action Network, the global environmental watchdog, has released the findings of its two-year study, showing illegal exports of WEEE from Europe to Africa and Asia. The study, taking place in 10 countries within the EU, followed 314 old computers, printers and...
by stefanie | Dec 10, 2018 | Around the Industry
With Brett Hyde of Buyequip Pty Ltd. revealing that we could produce up to 49.8 million metric tons of e-waste this year alone, partly due to planned obsolescence, the implementation of new legislation by the European Commission is of vital importance. As Hyde...
