Policy Document

Waste electrical and electronic equipment Directive (2002/96/EC)

Policy Document

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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste Industry

Waste electrical and electronic equipment Directive (2002/96/EC)The objective of the Directive is to promote re-use, recycling and other forms of recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in order to reduce the quantity of such waste to be disposed and to improve the environmental performance of the economic operators involved in the treatment of WEEE. The WEEE Directive sets criteria for the collection, treatment and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment. (This Directive will be repealed with effect from 15 February 2014). Revised version: 2012/19/EU

The link address is: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:037:0024:0038:en:PDF

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For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/policy-documents/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-2 or scan the QR code.

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