Category: Environment

Retailers in Ireland have been accused of taking advantage of the EU recycling directive’s introduction by raising their prices. The EU Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) directive became law in Ireland on Saturday and was immediately followed by “disproportionate” price increases, …

Japan’s Environment Ministry passed a regulation that will take effect in 2006, which limits the use of lead, mercury, and four other harmful substances in large home appliances and personal computers, according to ministry officials.

China will have to raise its export prices of electrical appliances starting on August 13 when 25 EU member countries will implement the Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipments (WEEE) directive.

European countries aiming to meet the WEEE Directive should concentrate efforts on the treatment of electronic waste, rather than worrying about collections, writes Adam Hooker in Barcelona. That is the advice from Spanish recycling expert Jos© Ramin Carbajosa, who told Bureau of Internation…

A firm in Derbyshire has been fined by the Environment Agency for the illegal storage of waste fridges, following a surveillance operation. Metal recycling firm Van Dalen UK Ltd was fined £20,000 for two charges relating to it depositing and keeping waste on land without a Waste Management …

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 el…

Starting August 13th this year, and March 1 of next year, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive and Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive will come into effect respectively.

The European Parliament on April 13, 2005 endorsed rules to make household appliances more energy efficient as part of its fight against global warming. Under a voluntary agreement with the industry, computers, stereo systems, washing machines, lights, air-conditioning, and boilers will all have …

China will soon have its first regulations dealing with the mounting problem of electronic waste. As China emerges as a major global manufacturing and consumer powerhouse, discarded electronics products and household appliances, many filled with toxic chemicals, are piling up, posing a severe thr…

A firm and two of its bosses blamed for “fridge mountains” in Greater Manchester, have been fined for breaching a waste management licence. About 100,000 fridges were dumped at four sites when Britannia Import Export went into liquidation in 2004