What EU WEEE Directive 2012/19 requires
Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), in force from 13 August 2012 with full transposition required by 14 February 2014, imposes extended producer responsibility on manufacturers and importers of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the EU market, requiring registration with national producer registers, financing of collection and treatment systems for WEEE from private households and commercial users, achieving minimum collection rates of 65% of average EEE placed on the market in the preceding three years under Article 7, meeting treatment recovery and recycling targets by EEE category under Annex V, ensuring WEEE treatment facilities comply with minimum treatment standards under Article 8 and Annex VII for hazardous substances including the ten RoHS-restricted substances, and providing consumers with free take-back at the point of sale under Article 5(2) for like-for-like exchanges of small WEEE at retail outlets.
Pillar: Sustainability & ESG · Authority: European Parliament and the Council of the European Union · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012L0019
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- Articles 2-3 (scope and definitions), 5 (separate collection), 7 (collection rates - 65% of 3-year average), 8 (treatment standards), 14 (WEEE symbol marking), 16 (producer register), Annex III (EEE categories), Annex V (recovery and recycling targets), Annex VII (selective extraction requirements for Annex VII substances) — Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
- Annex V Table (recovery rates 75-85% and recycling rates 65-80% by WEEE category from 14 August 2018) — Directive 2012/19/EU Annex V - Recovery, Preparation for Re-use and Recycling Targets
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