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The WEEE Regulations and “low cost” compliance schemes.

The various WEEE regulations introduced across Europe have generally resulted in the creation of one or two Producer Compliance Schemes within each Member State - not so the UK – here we have almost forty schemes operating within a  ‘compliance’ marketplace.  ...full story »

RoHS - latest developments

Scope: At the latest Council working party, the Belgium Presidency issued a new compromise proposal (13th July) combining the open scope and impact assessment. ...full story »

WEEE recast - orgalime postion paper

Attached is the Orgalime final position paper on the main priorities and proposals for further proceedings on WEEE recast. For reference and ease,attached is the consolidated report from Florenz which includes all results of the vote in the Environment Committee held on 22 June, and to which the Orgalime position refers. ...full story »

Orgalime press relaease re. WEEE Recast:: Disappointing Environment Committee Vote

In its vote today, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has established its position on the Commission recast proposal for the Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment(WEEE). “While the committee under the lead of its Rapporteur, Karl-Heinz Florenz, has in anumber of areas taken into account the complexity of the WEEE management process in practice,today’s Committee vote has missed the opportunity to introduce several significant improvements to the Commission proposal”, states Adrian Harris, Director General of Orgalime. ...full story »

WEEE Voting

The EP ENVI committee has adopted the draft report of Rapporteur Karl-Heinz FLORENZ on the WEEE recast proposal with 54 votes in favour, 1 against and 3 abstentions. ...full story »

WEEE Compromise by the Environment Council

Please find here a short update on the ongoing WEEE compromising process in the EP:Time wise, the  Rapporteur and Shadow Rapporteurs agree to stick with the committee vote on 22 June.In order to meet this deadline, the compromise package should be finalised by 16 July and the voting list is envisaged to be finalised by 18 July.The plenary vote, as reported yesterday, moves to autumn. ...full story »

WEEE / RoHS : Final Orgalime opinions on WEEE and RoHS recast amendments

Please see below the final Orgalime opinions on WEEE and RoHS amendments in Parliament and the final Orgalime position on “ Improving registration of producers in the Directive on WEEE”. ...full story »

WEEE

Two documents have been made publically available at the Council website: They relate to a member state’s comments on the WEEE and RoHS recast proposals. ...full story »

Environment Agency - WEEE Scope guidance

Below is the latest Electrical and Electronic Equipment Guidance document produced by the Environment Agency:...full story »

New UNU study on WEEE collection rate: existing rate would have to double

Attached is a new study from the United Nations University (UNU) titling “WEEE recast: from 4kg to 65%: the compliance consequences”. ...full story »

WEEE Collection in Sweden

Below is a document regarding the WEEE situation in Sweden and how collection is organised. ...full story »

WEEE Recast -update from the Orgalime WEEE Task Force

 Update on the Orgalime WEEE Task force meeting ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS Timetable

For information, here is the agenda of discussions on the WEEE recast in the in the Environment Committee of the European Parliament: ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS Recast

 Attached the first version of draft Orgalime proposals for amendments on the RoHS recast proposal for your comments. ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS recasts: Presidency compromise proposals

Below are the Presidency compromise texts on the WEEE and RoHS recast proposals. The main conclusions are the following:   ...full story »

WEEE & RoHS recasts: Presidency compromise proposals

The Presidency compromise texts on the WEEE and RoHS recast proposals have been published. These were drafted after the Council working party meeting on 3 December 2009.  ...full story »

WEEE Scope - DG Environment response. Commercial equipment is not covered by the term 'Household'

Following the EFCEM letter to DG environment (EFCEM Klaus Koegler October 2009) we have received the following response from Klaus Koegler, Head of Unit, stating that the term 'Household' does not include commercial catering equipment. ...full story »

WEEE developments

From ORGALIME; The current discussions on the directives’ scopes in Parliament and Council which risk leading to include product groups that have not been in the spotlight before. ...full story »

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