WEEE Processing

EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) aims to minimise the impact of electrical and electronic goods on the environment, by increasing re-use and recycling and reducing the amount of WEEE going to landfill.

It seeks to achieve this by making producers responsible for financing the collection, treatment, and recovery of waste electrical equipment, and by obliging distributors to allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.

The WEEE Directive was agreed on 13th February 2003, along with the related Directive on Restrictions of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS).

The UK Regulations implementing the WEEE Directive were laid before Parliament on 12th December 2006 and entered into force on 2nd January 2007.

For further details please refer to the following websites:

• DTI
• Environment Agency
• DEFRA

Answer Enterprise WEEE/Waste Disposal Control facilities enables you to:

• Define the Finished Goods impacted
• Which regulations apply, WEEE or other
• Disposal Costs, if required, per unit of measure
• Sales Tracking
• WEEE characteristics, such as Disposal Weights, Necessary Weights, etc are calculated.
• Sales Accrual of disposal costs within the Answer Enterprise General Ledger

Key Features Electrical and electronic equipment producers are responsible UK Regulations in force from the 2nd January 2007 10 product categories Define impacted Finished Goods Facility available to track, manage and accrue costs for disposal purposes All producers, regardless of size, required to register by 15 March 2007

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