WEEE News

WEEE Fund

The big picture - The WEEE Fund update

1st Jul 2019
The WEEE Fund, which was launched just over a year ago in June 2018, is overseeing the expenditure of consecutive compliance fee sums for the…
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non-household skip

2019 Q1 WEEE collection figures highlight industry improvements and challenges

10th Jun 2019
Is non-household WEEE the success-story? Last week, Defra published the figures for the volume of WEEE collected for recycling covering the first quarter of 2019.…
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power socket

Be aware of 'passive' WEEE equipment obligations in Germany

8th Apr 2019
Are you selling or exporting EEE to Germany? Then under the German Open-Scope laws, you may need to be declaring more of your products than…
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packaging reform uk

The reformation of packaging compliance – have your say

27th Mar 2019
The impact of packaging on the environment has been well and truly thrust into the public consciousness in recent years, with the likes of Blue…
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2018 WEEE collection figures

WEEE collection targets missed again

19th Mar 2019
Final WEEE collection figures for 2018 released this month show that the UK achieved 92% of the 2018 WEEE collection target set by Defra. Only…
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WEEE PBS

WEEE PBS consultation opened by Defra

12th Mar 2019
Defra has opened a consultation into two new proposals for how to run the WEEE Producer Compliance Scheme Balancing System (PBS) in 2019, put forward…
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WEEE recycling

Defra approves JTA proposed WEEE compliance fee for 2019

8th Feb 2019
In 2014 the compliance fee mechanism was put in place for WEEE compliance schemes who were unable to procure sufficient WEEE recycling evidence to cover…
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Electrical switch

What does the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy mean for electrical equipment producers?

23rd Jan 2019
Defra finally released their white paper titled 'Our waste, our resources: a strategy for England' just before Christmas, which outlined their policy intentions for resources and…
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Resources and waste strategy

Resources and Waste Strategy for England published by Defra

19th Dec 2018
The new Resources and Waste Strategy for England published yesterday is the first waste policy intervention for England since 2011. It gives a clearer indication…
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