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Article: Government announces delay to WEEE Directive.(Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment )
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
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- December 20, 2005
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The Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks announced on Thursday 15 December that progress on the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ("WEEE") Directive is to be reviewed immediately. In effect this means that the UK implementation of the WEEE Directive, already nearly six months late according to the requirements of the Directive, will be further delayed.
The WEEE Directive requires that producers of electrical and electronic equipment meet the costs of the collection and recycling or other treatment of WEEE. Amongst other requirements, the Directive also creates an obligation for retailers to offer free take-back of household WEEE.
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