WEEE Directive, Recycling & Environmental Disposal

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, also known as the WEEE Directive is European environmental legislation, which implements the principle of "extended producer responsibility". It makes EU producers of new equipment pay for the recycling and/or safe treatment and disposal of the products they put on the market when they eventually come to be thrown away.

Who do the WEEE regulations affect?

Any business that manufactures, brands or imports electrical or electronic products is known as a ‘producer’ and is affected. Businesses selling electrical items or storing, treating or dismantling WEEE are affected. The legislation applies to household and non-household products

Under this principle, producers are required to take responsibility for the environmental impact of their products, especially when they become waste. The WEEE Directive applies this in relation to all electrical and electronic equipment.

At Global Computer Express, we address the environmental impacts of WEEE and encourage its separate collection and subsequent treatment, reuse, recovery, recycling and environmentally sound disposal.