Recycling Directives
Bruce Electronics Recycling operates to the WEEE directive for efficient electronics disposal. The WEEE Directive aims to reduce the quantity of waste from electrical and electronic equipment and increase its re-use, recovery and recycling. The Directive affects producers, distributors and recyclers of electrical and electronic equipment. The primary target is domestic waste and is categorised as follows:
- Large household appliances.
- Small household appliances.
- IT and Telecoms equipment.
- Consumer equipment.
- Lighting equipment.
- Electrical Electronic tools.
- Toys, leisure and sports equipment.
- Medical services.
- Monitoring & control equipment.
- Automatic dispensers.
The following DTI documentation gives full details on the developments of the directive.
For advice and consultation regarding Commercial Electronics Recycling services please contact us at Bruce Electronics Recycling on 0114 244 8050.
Bruce Electronics Recycling: Recycling Directives - Legislation Updates:
| Notification of recent relevant legislation updates for the WEEE Directive and RoHS Directive | ||
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| WEEE Directive Updates | ||
| March 2006: Conclusions of Implementation Review | ||
| A paper outlining the conclusions of the implementation review is available in PDF format. This only applies to the B2C sector, the B2B sector remains the same. | ||
| December 2005: Further WEEE Directive Delays | ||
The DTI announced yesterday (15/12/2005) that the WEEE directive would be delayed further. The DTI have suggested that a further consultation will take place in spring 2006. This would suggest that the producer responsibility date will slip back further to perhaps January 2007 but no official comment has been made on this yet. |
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| August 2005: WEEE directive delay | ||
The DTI has recently announced a further delay in the producer responsibility date under the WEEE directive. The original date of producer responsibility set out in the WEEE directive was 13 th August 2005, this was set back to January 2006 by the DTI in a statement released in March 2005 and the latest delay now suggests producers will be responsible for the cost of WEEE collection and treatment from June 2006. A full copy of the letter from DTI can be downloaded |
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| May 2005: Consultation on producer registration fees | ||
The DTI have recently published a short 4 week consultation on the proposed fees for producer registration under the WEEE directive. Full details are available at www.dti.gov.uk. The proposal suggests producers wishing to register will have to pay a yearly fee of £730 whilst those registering through a scheme have to pay £380. Compliance schemes themselves will also have to pay to register under the proposed change structure. |
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