The Waste Electrical and Electronic (WEEE) recast is upon us. It will come into force with formal publication in the Official Journal sometime in mid 2012 and each member state (MS) will then have 18 months to transpose it. So if all goes to plan, expect new regulations in the UK to be effective from 2014.
Click below to see the timetable for the WEEE re-cast, this will remain a moving target as we head towards conclusion.
Repic welcomes Sarah Downes our recently appointed Environmental Affairs Manager and Alan Smith, our newly appointed Commercial Manager
REPIC together with four other compliance schemes and four re-processors have jointly funded a 30 second TV ad which aims to raise householder awareness of the need to recycle waste electronics.
Pupils at primary schools in Greater Manchester have been busy designing posters in a campaign to raise awareness of the Batteries Regulations.
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) have advised that Political agreement on the WEEE Directive Recast could be reached by the end of 2011.