Cutting Down On E-waste And Making WEEE Work
Blog The Environment Agency must be provided with the resources to police e-waste, prosecute anyone involved in a supply chain that results in the dumping of e-waste and remove licences from organisations in breach of the WEEE legislation," says Louise...
[September 24, 2008, 13:45]
Recycling Legislation Finally Enforced
News Computer Aid, a UK-based charity that takes old PCs and distributes them to schools and other organisations in developing countries, has produced a guide to help companies looking for more information on how to comply with WEEE.
[July 2, 2007, 17:50]
BCS Warns Of Environmental Impact Of Vista Upgrade
News Computer Aid's Roberts said that environmental enforcement through legislation such as the WEEE directive is vital if the UK is going to catch up with other more environmentally conscious countries. As well as the impact of Vista on upgrade cycles...
[December 7, 2006, 15:34]
Data Destruction Claims Rubbished
News Dr Andrew Blythe from Glamorgan University's computer science department told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com the reason behind the research was an attempt to publicise the need to do more to ensure data is destroyed before it is passed elsewhere...
[February 21, 2005, 11:00]
Confessions Of An IT Eco-Sinner
Blog Pearce really questions whether regulations such as the WEEE directive are really going to improve the e-waste problem which currently sees Britain producing about a million tonnes of e-waste a year - which equates to the weight of about 2,400...
[September 18, 2008, 9:13]
Toxic Tech Threatening Developing World
News The EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) puts the responsibility for waste disposal on manufacturers. Unlike the previous recycling programme, there are no calculations or negotiations regarding the volume and type of...
[October 26, 2005, 9:45]
Tech Recycling Law Finally Arrives
News The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive is expected to drive up the costs of IT and other tech hardware, as manufacturers are forced to cover the cost of recovering and recycling the items.
[January 2, 2007, 12:44]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback The whole idea behand WEEE directive is to get away from this, now why is ZDNET supporting somehting like this is beyond me. They just end up being dumped in African countried that dont have controlled landfills - now how does this benefit the...
[February 10, 2005, 17:26]
WEEE Directive Sees Council Ship Old PCs To Africa
News The move boosts the council's corporate social-responsibility programme while also helping dispose of equipment in accordance with the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, which came into force in July last year.
[April 22, 2008, 10:53]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
News Donations are expected to rise again this year as the WEEE directive comes into force, which effectively outlaws landfilling of old PCs. Computer Aid International has grown from one volunteer working part time to a slick operation employing 15...
[February 10, 2005, 15:25]
Second-hand PC Shipments Tipped To Boom
News The introduction of the EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive is likely to increase the movement of second-hand PCs across the world, as it should prevent old machines simply being thrown away.
[September 28, 2005, 15:00]
Greens: Vista Means More Dead PCs
News Upcoming legislation such as the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive will also impact businesses' approach to IT disposal and recycling. The BCS is advising companies to think about disposing of old PCs through...
[January 29, 2007, 16:27]
Photos: Re-use Don't Recycle, Says Computer Aid
News Following the long-awaited enforcement of the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive into UK law on 2 July, Computer Aid is keen to highlight the message that, while recycling is better than dumping into landfill, re-use is...
[July 5, 2007, 15:59]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback According to the WEEE Directive (and this article is about Recycling and WEEE) - It is illegal to send Electronic Waste (WEEE) to countries where such equipment can not be recycled in the same way it would be recycled within the EU.
[February 17, 2005, 23:40]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback WEEE directive is meant to protect the environment from dumping and landfilling, so how shifting the problem to African countries that do not have the same recycling resources as UK presents a solution ?
[February 18, 2005, 0:04]
