WEEE

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

Cost of living hits WEEE collection rates

5 December 2022

Producer compliance schemes say it “seems unlikely” targets for the collection of household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for recycling will be met in 2022. The Environment ...

2 December 2022

Batteries cause ‘three times more’ waste fires than thought

Batteries cause “three and half times more" fires in the waste stream than ...

1 December 2022

Material Focus launches £2.5m WEEE collection fund

Material Focus announced yesterday (30 November) it has launched a £2.5 million fund...

25 November 2022

Environment and health groups demand disposable vapes ban

Environmental and health groups have yesterday (24 November) called on the government...

23 November 2022

Welsh ‘non-domestic premises’ to separate recycling

The Welsh Government has announced plans to require all ‘non-domestic premises’ ...

17 November 2022

SWEEEP warns used e-cigarettes are ‘potentially hazardous’

A Kent-based waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycler, SWEEEP ...

15 November 2022

European recyclers call for revisions to WEEE shipment procedures

Two European trade associations have called for shipment rules to be “improved” ...

15 November 2022

BMRA calls for ban on batteries in household bins

The British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) has called for the government to ban ...

2 November 2022

Fixing Factory opens in Camden to tackle WEEE

A community Fixing Factory opened on Queen’s Crescent in the London borough of ...

19 October 2022

Defra consults on WEEE compliance fee for 2022

Defra has launched a consultation on the compliance fee methodology it will adopt for...

14 October 2022

OPINION: ‘The semantics of WEEE reuse’

To mark International E-Waste Day, Robbie Staniforth, innovation and policy director ...

12 October 2022

UK households ‘hoarding’ 20.7m working IT products

There are 20.7 million unused but working IT products “hoarded” in UK homes, ...

West Sussex councils launch kerbside WEEE collections

Adur & Worthing councils in West Sussex today (3 October) launched a free ...

21 September 2022

Energy crisis prompts ‘moral’ dilemma over WEEE repair

At times it is not “morally right” to repair old appliances which cost more to ...

12 September 2022

Reuse Network publishes WEEE repair and reuse guidance

The Reuse Network has today (12 September) published guidance for the safe repair and...

6 September 2022

‘Significant’ fires hit WEEE sites in Perth and Stalybridge

Two recyclers of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) suffered separate ...

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