WEEE Directive: Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment
The WEEE Directive is short for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and officially become regulation here in the UK on July the 1st 2007. The aim of the Directive is to increase the recovery and recycling levels of all electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) waste in order to prevent these recyclable and reusable products from going to landfill.
These measures have been implemented because WEEE waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the UK and estimates reveal that on average a single person will produce over 3 tonnes of WEEE waste in their lifetime alone.
This new Directive effects everyone from manufactures and retailers to consumers and here at Abacus we hope to explain to you what it all means, in plain english.
