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WEEE regulations
Update
LOUISA HATTON
Technical Advisor
(Producer Responsibility)
Current Producer Responsibility
regimes in the UK
Packaging Waste (since 1997)
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging
Waste) Regulations 2007
End-of-life Vehicles (since 2006)
The End of Life (Producer Responsibility) Regulations
2005
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(since July 2007)
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Regulations 2006
Why a WEEE Directive?
From the Directive:
“The amount of WEEE generated
in the Community is growing
rapidly. The content of hazardous
components in electrical and
electronic equipment (EEE) is a
major concern during the waste
management phase and recycling
of WEEE is not undertaken to a
sufficient extent.”
UK Implementation
the Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2006 UK SI.2006 No. 3289
- cover product marking, take-back and
recycling obligations, etc for the UK
the Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (Waste Management
Licensing) (England and Wales)
Regulations 2006 SI. 2006 No.3315
- cover treatment and site licensing in
England and Wales
- separate provisions for Scotland and
Northern Ireland
Amendment Regulations
The WEEE (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (SI
3454) have come into force;
these correct a few typographical errors in the 2006
Regulations, clarify some issues and change some
deadlines for compliance period 2 (e.g. for issuing
evidence)
Who’s affected?
‘Producers’ of electrical or electronic equipment (EEE);
distributors of household EEE;
WEEE storage and refurbishment sites can register new
exemptions from Waste Management Licensing;
treatment sites have new treatment standards to meet;
local authorities can put forward their sites as ‘Designated
Collection facilities’ (DCFs);
business end-users will have obligations to finance the
treatment and recycling of their WEEE in some circumstances
Packaging
v
producers can register with us
or a Producer Compliance
Scheme
50t or £2m turnover de
minimis
group registration
recovery obligations
funding shared across the
packaging supply chain from
manufacturers of packaging
materials through to sellers of
packaged goods
no distinction between
household and business
packaging
WEEE
producers can only register with
a Producer Compliance Scheme
no de minimis for producers
no group registration
treatment and recovery
obligations
funded by manufacturers,
importers and re-branders
separate funding for household
and non-household equipment
Stats
~ 4,850 producers registered
~1.5mt of household EEE and 0.5mt of new
equipment declared
40 Producer Compliance Schemes
~170,000t of WEEE separately collected in first 6
months
~106,000 hits on our WEEE home page last year
Issues
Trading between compliance schemes
Evidence of recovery and recycling
Scope
Freeriders
Waste management licences and WEEE
modifications
Data reporting
What are we trying to achieve?
diversion of waste from landfill;
removal of hazardous components /
substances;
improved standards of operation at treatment
sites;
higher levels of recycling
no increase in fly-tipping or illegal export of
WEEE
Thank You