Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments Directive Law TO tackle With E-waste

The WEEE or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is a European proposed law, initially only applied in states but recently after the recast the law has been adopted nationally and several countries including Israel, Bulgaria and other have adopted. This will see the weee legal recycling in Israel and other countries too. The weee directive sets collections, recycling, processing and recover the targets for all type of electrical goods. The target was to collect about 4 kg e-goods per person per year, which companies actually recovered during 2009. Also the RoHS Directive set the restriction ahead the European Manufacturer to use the toxic material in fewer amounts.

Practical law.com says “The definition of "producer", the primary responsible party when it comes to WEEE compliance, has been changed to recognize the reality of companies based outside of the EU selling products on the EU market. The term now includes parties that are established in a non-EU country if they sell directly to users (household or business to business) by means of distance communication. The new definition also includes entities established in another EU member state if they are selling directly to end users. The new definition also includes entities established in another EU member state if they are selling directly to end users.”

The logo they accepted was a crossed Wheelie bin with and without single black line beneath the logo. The black line was to represent when the goods were placed in the market for example goods with the line were placed after 2005 and goods without line was from 2000 to 2005.  It covers almost all the categories of material and metals which need to be take care from the producers and have to submit a report about how much material they used to produce the device every year. Read more