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WEEE Directive Brings Legal Headaches
News Companies will face a variety of legal challenges as they attempt to comply with the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) will caution this week.
[November 21, 2005, 17:05]
Is The WEEE Directive In Trouble?
Blog A large number of reprocessors jumped on the WEEE bandwaggon, hoping to make quick and "profitable" exercise out of the affair. WEEE reprocessors have attractedd large investments and a number of them are quite literally finding there's no WEEE to...
[August 21, 2008, 14:27]
Is The WEEE Directive In Trouble?
Blog Comment Interesting views on the WEEE directive - given that it took the UK so long to actually enact it - nearly two years later than some member countries. How well do you believe the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)and the Waste...
[September 2, 2008, 16:02]
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]
WEEE Directive Begins Final Phase
News The Government has announced the last phase of the implementation of the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive. As of 1 July 2007, WEEE will come into force, with the aim of ensuring hardware that has reached the end of its...
[July 26, 2006, 15:00]
Is The WEEE Directive In Trouble?
Blog Comment Whether this carries though is another matter, but there's certainly an increased policing of WEEE export and a number of Electrical/ electric traders have been "politely" asked to join compliance schemes.
[September 12, 2008, 12:54]
Recycling Directive Leads To Price Hikes
News The EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive became law in Ireland on Saturday and was immediately followed by "disproportionate" price increases, according to Ireland's opposition party.
[August 15, 2005, 17:25]
Worry Not
Talkback The WEEE directive is a crock. So feel good about old stuff but not so good about the WEEE directive. Again because each package contains some parts eligible for WEEE and some items not. So the existing weight, for Customs purposes, is wrong for...
[July 27, 2007, 12:16]
Tech Recycling Laws Delayed Yet Again
News The UK energy minister Malcolm Wicks issued a statement on Thursday admitting that the UK's implementation of the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive (WEEE) will definitely be delayed again.
[December 15, 2005, 14:10]
Real-life Iron Giant Invades IT Recycling Debate
News Unveiled on Friday at a special event at the GLA headquarters on south bank of the Thames, the statue is designed to publicise the European directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) which aims to make vendors and end-users of...
[April 29, 2005, 12:45]
Recycling Special Report: A Way Forward
News A key stimulus there comes from the European Union, which through its parliamentary arm is working to pull various existing and proposed national programs into a united front through legislation known as the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic...
[June 18, 2001, 14:02]
Recycling Legislation Delayed Six Months - Again
News The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced on Wednesday the EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive will not be enacted into UK legislation until at least June 2006. All eight countries have yet to enact the WEEE...
[August 10, 2005, 17:55]
UK Gets Final Warning On E-waste
News All eight countries have yet to enact the EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive into national law. The EC has sent letters to these eight countries asking for their reasons for not implementing the WEEE directive.
[July 12, 2005, 19:00]
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]
IT Budgets To Foot Recycling Bill
News While the majority of senior IT professionals questioned agreed that more should be done to reduce the huge quantities of technology equipment being dumped in landfill sites, a survey from UK office equipment manufacturer Brother has revealed that...
[August 5, 2004, 14:15]
I Can Believe This
Talkback I'm in the thick of the industry and this week alone, know of one charity IT recycler/ reseller and one major IT recycling firm with 26m GBP investment who are going under and will be closing their doors this year (that's one year after the WEEE...
[August 21, 2008, 13:42]
Dell: IT Industry Slow To Action Over Recycling
News One of the effects of the WEEE directive is to make us think harder about what should go into machines in the first place such as minimising or eliminate things like lead, cadmium, and mercury. ZDNet UK spoke with the company’s global sustainable...
[September 28, 2004, 11:30]
Greenpeace: IT Giants Must Turn Greener
News Iza Kruszewska, toxic campaigner at Greenpeace, said IT companies who planned to comply with the WEEE directive should also apply those standards globally. The WEEE directive makes equipment vendors responsible for ensuring that products they sell...
[November 18, 2005, 16:50]
Dell Tackles IT Waste In Recycling Push
News Nathan explained the new programme was launched partly in response to the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive but also the growing problem of IT waste in general. I definitely think the WEEE directive has had a bearing on...
[September 27, 2004, 16:30]
Asus Focuses On Green Laptop Design
News Asus is also hoping to trade in the future on green credentials, as well as complying with environmental legislation such as the WEEE directive. The WEEE directive will force manufacturers to take back products at the end of their lifecycle.
[February 23, 2006, 11:50]
