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What is the WEEE Directive?
The WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC  (Directive on waste of electrical and electronic equipment) has been adopted by the European Union in January 2003.
It aims to minimize the environmental impact of the disposal of waste electrical equipment by making manufactures, resellers and importers responsible for collection, reuse, recycling and recovery of such waste. The waste equipment is separated according different categories and for each of it, reuse/recycling and recovery targets are defined.
Which categories fall under the WEEE Directive?
- Large household appliances
- Small household appliances
- IT and telecommunications equipment
- Consumer equipment
- Lighting equipment
- Electrical and electronic tools (with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools)
- Toys, leisure and sports equipment
- Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products)
- Monitoring and control instruments
- Automatic dispensers
Who will be affected?
A company or person who
- manufactures and sells electrical and electronic equipment under its own brand.
- resells under his own brand equipment produced by other suppliers.
- imports or exports electrical and electronic equipment on a professional basis into a Member State.
Legal background:
According to the WEEE Directive producers shall provide recycling facilities with information, in the form of a handbook or in data form, on reuse and treatment for their electronic products. The information must state the components and materials, as well the dangerous substances in the equipment.
SGS WEEE Reports provide you with the recycling potential of your product according to the knowledge of best available recycling technologies, and provide information for recycling facilities to remove the materials and components which are listed in the Annex II of the WEEE Directive.
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