The recently released Q3 collection figures show the annual target is still on track to be met, with a progress of 76% towards the target. The latest results cover household WEEE collected from July to…
Further Producer Responsibility Consultation launched
19th Apr 2013
Plans to harmonise the UK’s producer responsibility regimes for packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries were released yesterday in a bid to…
The Department of Business Innovation and Skills has announced its release of the WEEE consultation arising from the Recast Directive. Running to just under 300…
Local authority survey reveals lack of WEEE awareness
16th Apr 2013
A recent survey of 170 local authority waste disposal officers has revealed that about half of councils are unaware if their partner WEEE compliance scheme…
Both the Environment Agency and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have welcomed the official launch of a reuse specification for used electrical…
A group representing Europe’s WEEE recyclers has called for European governments to use the transposition of the Recast WEEE Directive to capture the ‘large flows’…
B2B Compliance, the largely non-household focused Producer Compliance Scheme, has responded to the recent report from a group representing Europe’s WEEE recyclers which has called…
The Environment Agency has launched an investigation into an alleged illegal shipment of waste electrical and electronic equipment from Tilbury docks to Nigeria. Two containers…
