Industry experts have warned that the new, January 2006 start date for producer responsibility in the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sector may be overly “optimistic” on the part of the DTI.
New EU-inspired regulations making producers responsible for collecting and recycling electronics they place on the market are now due for completion in summer 2005 (see letsrecycle.com story). But, the DTI’s announcement that producer responsibility will start in January has raised eyebrows in some quarters
Vivien Williams, environment manager at producer-retailer Dixons Group, warned that January is a particularly busy period for the retail sector. Ms Williams said: “We remain concerned that January 2006 ““ one of the busiest periods of the year for electrical retailers ““ has been chosen as the new start date.
“We will continue to press government to look at bringing in the change on the commencement date in April 2006,” she added.
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