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Collection and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) will be the responsibility of manufacturers and retailers of the equipment from June 2006 following a Government announcement today.
The Government has postponed the implementation date for the WEEE Directive until June 2006 in the light of the preparations needed for this legislation, which breaks new ground for many of those involved, and continuing concerns expressed by the business community and other stakeholders.
Department of Trade and Industry Minister, Malcolm Wicks said:
"This Directive is about dealing effectively with electrical waste which can be damaging to the environment. It is challenging and has required a lot of planning and preparation but our priority is to get this right."
Jeff Cooper, the Environment Agency‘‘s Manager for Waste Producer Responsibility, said:
"The Environment Agency will work closely with Government Departments and the devolved administrations to implement the forthcoming WEEE Regulations. We expect to be able to announce arrangements for the registration of producers in the early autumn with registration starting in January 2006."
Notes
The WEEE Directive aims to address the environmental impact of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and to promote its separate collection when it becomes waste (WEEE). WEEE is a priority waste stream for the EU because of its growing volume in the municipal waste stream and its potential hazardousness following disposal.
The Directive introduces producer responsibility for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Producers will have to finance treatment and recycling/recovery of separately collected WEEE in the UK to specified treatment standards and recycling/recovery targets. Retailers have an obligation to offer take-back services to householders.
The Government is modifying the timetable for practical implementation of the WEEE Directive‘‘s main provisions on producer responsibility and retailer take-back obligations in respect of WEEE from January 2006 to June 2006. The Government plans to make the WEEE Regulations to transpose the main provisions of the WEEE Directive into UK law shortly. The Government is doing this to allow more time to establish an adequate network of facilities for separate collection of WEEE for householders to use.
Retailers and Local Authorities are involved in developing this collection infrastructure for household WEEE. The British Retail Consortium is developing a compliance scheme, under which participating retailers, instead of offering in-store take-back, will fund an alternative network of WEEE collection facilities. As part of this, they are offering funding to Local Authorities to upgrade civic amenity (CA) sites to facilitate separate collection of household WEEE
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