The directive is designed to tackle the fast increasing
waste stream of electrical and electronic (WEEE) in order to limit
the amount of WEEE going to landfill and to encourage high rates
of recycling by regulating the collection and treatment methods
of WEEE.
Producers will be responsible for taking back and
recycling electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in an environmentally
more efficient way, which takes waste management aspects fully
into account. Consumers will be able to return their equipment
free of charge.
The restriction of certain hazardous substances (RoHS)
in electrical and electronic equipment is regulated in Directive
2002/95/EC and requires the substitution of various heavy metals
(lead, mercury, cadmium, and hexavalent chromium) and brominated
flame retardants (polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDE)) in new electrical and electronic equipment
put on the market from 1 July, 2006. more >>
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