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The directive imposes the responsibility for the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment on the manufacturers or distributors of such equipment. [5] It requires that those companies establish an infrastructure for collecting WEEE, in such a way that "Users of electrical and electronic equipment from private households should have the possibility of returning WEEE at least free of ...
Furthermore, the Directive should "decrease e-waste and e-waste exports.". [10] In December 2008 a draft revision to the Directive proposed a market-based goal of 65%, which is 22 kg per capita in the case of the United Kingdom. [11] A decision on the proposed revisions could result in a new WEEE Directive by 2012.
The EC revised this Directive in December 2008, since this has become the fastest growing waste stream. In August 2012, the WEEE Directive was rolled out to handle the situation of controlling electronic waste and this was implemented on 14 February 2014 (Directive 2012/19/EU ). On 18 April 2017, the EC adopted a common principle of carrying ...
This list of European Union Directives is ordered by theme to follow EU law. For a date based list, see the Category:European Union directives by number. From 1 January 1992 to 31 December 2014, numbers assigned by the General Secretariat of the Council followed adoption, for instance: Directive 2010/75/EU. [1]
WEEE is waste electrical and electronic equipment and generically refers to items in this category. WEEE should be diverted to E-waste not the WEEE directive. It does not refer directly to the WEEE directive which is a separate item. --Alex 14:54, 30 June 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vortexrealm (talk • contribs)
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Directive 2008/98/EC European Union directive Title Waste Framework Directive Made by European Parliament & Council Made under Article 175(1) Journal reference History Date made 19 November 2008 Entry into force 12 December 2008 Other legislation Replaces 75/439/EEC, 75/442/EEC, 91/156/EEC, 91/689/EEC and 2006/12/EC Current legislation The Waste Framework Directive (WFD) is a European Union ...