All goods need be marked with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol. This will help separating WEEE from other waste streams. It also needs to include a producer identification mark and to show that the product was placed on the market after 13 August 2005.

Collection and treatment of WEEE

• A producer/importer is financially responsible for collecting, treating, recovering and disposing of an equivalent amount of WEEE that is calculated according to the amount of EEE that is being produced by a company.
• All cost for the dismantling, recovery, and in particular the reuse and recycling of WEE must be arranged and met.
• All procedures must be carried out in an environmentally sound way.
• All separately collected WEEE has to be taken to approved authorised treatment facilities, where WEEE can be treated safely prior to recycling or disposal.
• All producers share responsibility for historic WEEE, depending on their market share. This means, a company is not only responsible for its own products but also for all historic WEEE. The collective producer responsibility for historic WEEE will end in 2013.

The EU member states have implemented various take back systems. Please refer to the environmental agencies in each country for detailed information.