Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

The WEEE directive (of English: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment; German. Electric and electronic equipment waste ) is the EU directive 2002/96/EC to reduce the increasing amount of electronic waste from disused electrical and electronic equipment. The objective is the avoidance, reduction, and environmentally friendly disposal of increasing amounts of electronic waste through extended producer responsibility.

The EU Directive came into force in January 2003. Until 13 August 2004, the EU Member States should transpose the directive into national law and have built up a national collection system. From December 2006 to at least 4 kg WEEE per inhabitant per year are recycled. In Germany met on 16 March 2005, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act ( WEEE ) came into force, which has been realized in addition to the WEEE and the EU Directive on RoHS ( Restriction amount of certain pollutants in electrical and electronic equipment) into German law. In order of WEEE was to meet on 21 October 2003 approved the VDI guideline to revise 2343. These are observations and recommendations for dealing with waste electrical and electronic equipment and the future aspects of the foundations, logistics, disassembly, processing, utilization, marketing and Reuse ( ReUse ) include.

The EU WEEE directive distinguishes between the following product groups:

WEEE mark: