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Article: Preparing for the WEEE Directive: recycling requirements for equipment sold in the EU go into effect Aug. 13. A primer on getting ready.(Countdown to Pb-Free)
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- Circuits Assembly
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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The Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is scheduled to be implemented by EU Member States later this year and will require producers of electrical and electronic equipment to set up and fund systems to collect their end-of-life products. The Directive also establishes criteria for treating and recovering waste and sets recovery and recycling targets.
Like the RoHS Directive, the WEEE Directive will affect virtually all EEE sold in the EU. This article summarizes key aspects of WEEE and identifies steps companies should take now to ensure compliance and minimize risk.
WEEE applies to a broad range of EEE--essentially any ...