The UK has missed the 13 August deadline for effecting legislation to implement the Waste Electronic and Electrical Directive (WEEE), leaving it liable to a substantial fine from the EU.
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Waste management & environmental news surrouonding or involving the domestic appliance industry.
EU Urges Member States to Implement Directives on Electronic Waste
Malta, together with all other EU member states except for Greece, has failed to meet the target date of implementation for transposing into its national legislation two EU Directives that tackle environmental problems caused by the growing amount of electric and electronic waste.
Producer responsibility issues still to be resolved on WEEE
A number of uncertainties regarding the collection and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment have not yet been resolved, the government admitted last week. The Department of Trade and Industry published draft regulations and guidance for the European Waste Electrical and Electron…
WEEE’re in it together, says UK’s top two
COMET and Dixons Group are understood to be joining forces to help find a solution to the problem of recycling unwanted electrical appliances ahead of the forthcoming Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive.
Car wrecks will litter streets in waste fiasco
A waste crisis that could dwarf the fridge mountain of two years ago loomed last night. The scrap metal industry said it would no longer accept the 45,000 cars and tens of thousands of domestic appliances it deals with each week.
Public ‘at risk’ from fridge recycling
A businessman from Powys has been jailed for four months for illegally recycling fridges and freezers. Magistrates in Brecon heard how Clifford Matthews shredded thousands of them at his recycling firm near Knighton, despite not having a proper licence.
Landfill concerns raised
ANOTHER waste disposal fiasco has hit the UK – this time caused by the imminent arrival of the European Landfill Directive
SCE Recognized for its Ozone Friendly Refrigerator Recycling Program
Southern California Edison (SCE) has received a Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Fridge recycling project given lottery money
A North London-based fridge and furniture recycling scheme has been given a grant of more than £230,000 from the National Lottery’s Community Recycling and Economic Development (CRED) Programme.
Saving the Ozone One Refrigerator at a Time
America’s first drive directly linking refrigerator recycling to the purchase of more energy-efficient refrigerators kicks off Earth Week on Saturday, April 17, when JACO Environmental, in partnership with Nevada Power, launches a model program at an Earth Week fair in Las Vegas, Nev.