WEEE

With the latest news on issues affecting the WEEE sector. Alternatively, you can use the News Archive below to find more items.

HWRC booking systems ‘inhibiting’ WEEE collections

2 December 2021

Compliance experts have expressed concerns about the impact of booking systems at household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) on the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). ...

29 November 2021

Sims Metal’s Dunkirk site suffers second fire this year

Scrap metal recycler Sims Metal has suffered a second large fire in less than a year ...

10 November 2021

News-in-brief from COP26, Glasgow

What is clear from the COP26 event so far is that while waste and recycling is not on...

9 November 2021

COP26: Interview with Turkey’s Hakan Bulgurlu, CEO of Arcelik

PODCAST: COP26 has brought governments, NGOs, and industry to Glasgow. One ...

4 November 2021

‘Plugging the WEEE gap with help from kitchen installers’

Anthony Sant, managing director of AO Business UK, responds to a survey by the ...

27 October 2021

Defra consults on WEEE compliance fee for 2021

Defra has launched a consultation on the compliance fee methodology for waste ...

22 October 2021

Co-op trials WEEE buy-back service

The Co-op launched a trial of kiosk-style ‘pods’ at 20 London stores earlier this...

14 October 2021

Sector marks International E-Waste Day

A string of companies and not-for-profit organisations have marked the fourth ...

21 September 2021

WEEE news round-up (21/09/2021)

With a consultation on lithium-ion batteries on the horizon, it has been a busy few ...

20 September 2021

Are eco-design rules ‘fit for purpose’ for WEEE plastics?

Ceri Fenwick is an Engineering Doctorate researcher in the Centre for Environment &...

16 September 2021

Communication ‘key’ to kerbside battery collections

North West Leicestershire council says good communication was among the “most ...

3 September 2021

Q2 WEEE data shows UK close to hitting targets

The volume of collected waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK ...

WEEE fund to open to bids from councils

The latest round of funding for local authorities from the distributor take-back ...

AO celebrates recycling two million fridges

Online electricals retailer AO celebrated recycling its two millionth fridge at its ...

News in brief (11/08/21)

With news on: Skip hire company sentenced after worker injured; Recolight finds 83% ...

Environcom hits back over plastic dust fine

Lincolnshire-based waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycler, ...

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