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Government Delays IT Recycling Directive
News The Recycling Electrical Producers Industry Consortium (REPIC), whose members include Sony, Toshiba and LG Electronics claimed that pushing back WEEE compliance would allow for a fairer version of the law to be enacted in the UK.
[March 29, 2005, 16:25]
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]
Dell: IT Industry Slow To Action Over Recycling
News Has the WEEE directive had a big influence on your recycling initiatives or would Dell have taken this approach without legislative pressure? ZDNet UK spoke with the company’s global sustainable business director Pat Nathan about the potential...
[September 28, 2004, 11:30]
Y2K Legacy Creates PC-disposal Headache
News The EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive will become law in the UK from August 2004 - although it won't be properly enforced till 2006. All a spokesperson for the vendor would say is that WEEE would affect different...
[May 28, 2004, 16:35]
Hazardous Tech Threatens Recycling Workers
News The Waste and Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive was due to be enacted into UK legislation in August 2005 but has now been delayed until at least July 2006. The introduction of the WEEE directive in Ireland has allegedly led to...
[August 18, 2005, 18:15]
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]
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]
Dell Launches Green Offensive In Emerald Isle
News The event coincides with increased attention given to technology recycling ahead of the introduction of the European Waste and Electrical and Equipment (WEEE) directive. But WEEE will not come into affect until August 2005 and the first targets for...
[September 8, 2004, 15:20]
Real-life Iron Giant Invades IT Recycling Debate
News The amount of WEEE in the EU is growing at up to 8 percent per year and the content of hazardous components is of major concern according to the RSA. At just over seven metres tall with computer mice for teeth, a washing machine for a spine, and a...
[April 29, 2005, 12:45]
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]
Is Video Conferencing Really The Answer To Lowering Carbon Emissions?
Blog Comment Under WEEE, when EU customers buy new TANDBERG equipment, they can send their old equipment for recycling. I'm surprised to hear that TANDBERG UK folks you met were not able to convince you on the sustainable manufacturing principles of TANDBERG.of...
[May 31, 2007, 14:33]
Tech Leaders Lobby Prime Minister Over Sustainable IT
News Despite pushing the thin client model since the early nineties Sun has failed to make significant headway with the technology, but extolling the environmental benefits may help as manufacturers and users have to deal with legislation such as the...
[June 8, 2005, 15:55]
UK Fails To Implement Recycling Directive
News The UK has yet to introduce the Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive and is consulting on the matter. Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström said she was disappointed by the number of countries who hadn't made the WEEE...
[August 18, 2004, 17:05]
Chinese Will Pay Most For Green PCs
News WEEE aims to reduce the impact of waste technology by forcing manufacturers to pay for collection and recycling schemes. Despite the announcement of the successful implementation of ROHS, the UK has repeatedly failed to implement the Waste...
[June 28, 2006, 17:25]
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]
HP Backs African Recycling Research
News The lack of any e-waste-specific legislation in Africa, such as the EU's recently introduced WEEE directive, means HP has no obligation to promote the safe disposal of its equipment in the region. This project is not about putting a European-style...
[September 18, 2007, 17:36]
UK Gets Final Warning On E-waste
Talkback I wish it didn't have to come to this, even now if we [UK] do entwine this WEEE legislation into British law it'll probrably be done by halves. I notice Germany is absent from this lest and as an environmentalist I know how good they are at...
[July 13, 2005, 1:09]
BCS Warns Of Environmental Impact Of Vista Upgrade
News As well as the impact of Vista on upgrade cycles, the BCS claims that upcoming legislation such as the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive will also impact businesses' approach to IT disposal and recycling.
[December 7, 2006, 15:34]
Microfuel Cells Vie For Market Acceptance
Talkback New technology should be designed with the environment in mind, HFC's and the like are a good point to start, the new EU WEEE directive stipulates that tech companies have to provide facilities and the funds to accept their products back for...
[May 13, 2004, 22:59]
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]
