...There will be no oversupply or mismatch for final Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collection data, according to the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)... more...

...Two WEEE producer compliance scheme providers have stepped up their efforts to build links with the batteries industry ahead of the transposition of the EU Batteries Directive into UK law due this September, writes Nick Mann.... more...

...Data released by the Environment Agency detailing the tonnage of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) disposed of during the first compliance period shows the cost to the electronics industry is as little as a 'tuppence on a toaster', claims producer compliance scheme (PCS) Electrolink.... more...

...Swapping and purchasing of evidence for WEEE recycling in earnest is getting underway in the wake of data decisions by the Department for Business (BERR). Compliance schemes, representing producers of electrical and electronic equipment, now know how much evidence they need to buy in each of the 13 categories of WEEE such as large domestic appliances and toys.... more...

...Compliance schemes involved in the waste electrical equipment and electronics sector have been sent a questionnaire by the Electrolink compliance scheme asking them about their level of need for evidence. The questionnaire - and a letter - come in the wake of the decision by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) that the obligation for WEEE evidence will be based on the evidence issued by recyclers.... more...

...Plans by the government are underway to raise consumer awareness on the recycling of waste electronics and electrical equipment in order to increase the recycling rate. Statistics from the second half of last year indicate that in the United Kingdom six kilograms of electronic and electrical devices were being collected per capita. This was way above the European Union target of four kilograms per capita.... more...

...According to Wick Hill Group chairman Ian Kilpatrick the IT industry isn’t considered to be exactly at the forefront of ‘green’ computing. Its record can be regarded as poor across a whole range of ‘green’ issues, especially in the areas of power consumption, toxic substance use, need for air conditioning and a low product life cycle.... more...

...Can you imagine a car being propelled by a fuel created from parts of discarded computers? Well, a team of Romanian and Turk researchers believes that it may just be possible someday. And the force behind their belief comes from a recycling technique they have developed to convert parts of discarded computer circuit boards into environmentally friendly raw materials for use in consumer products.... more...

...The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has issued a second set of questions for stakeholder feedback on its "Green Chemistry Initiative." The potential ramifications of California’s Green Chemistry Initiative are quite severe for manufacturers, including electronics manufacturers.... more...

...When the European Union (EU) introduced REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) in 2006 the San Francisco Chronicle called it "the world's toughest law on toxic chemicals." For those working in the electronics industry, this doesn't come as a surprise... more...

...GreenSoft Technology, Inc. (formerly Pacific Oaks Technology, Inc.), a leading provider of environmental compliance content management tools and services for the global electronics industry, today released GreenData Manager, a desktop application to manage green compliance data and documents. A 30-day free trial can be downloaded at www.greensofttech.com.... more...

...Crazy California is at it again. Whether you’re a supplier, fabricator or assembler, if you’re doing business in California, you need to pay attention. IPC is urging its California members to contact the California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) regarding the state’s Green Chemistry Initiative.... more...

...Just over a year since the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations came into force, thousands of businesses that import, rebrand or manufacture electrical and electronic equipment have registered with a WEEE compliance scheme.... more...

...Significant problems in reconciling data for the recycling of WEEE have forced the Department for Business (BERR) to delay publication of obligation tonnages for compliance schemes. The tonnage information is important because it means that obligated schemes, who represent producers of electrical equipment, will not know the tonnage of WEEE evidence they will need to comply with their market share obligations and whether they have a surplus or need to buy more.... more...

...GreenSoft Technology, Inc. (formerly Pacific Oaks Technology, Inc.), a leading provider of environmental compliance content management tools and services for the global electronics industry, today released GreenData Manager, a desktop application to manage green compliance data and documents. A 30-day free trial is available immediately at www.greensofttech.com.... more...

...Intertek has a comprehensive suite of Restricted Substances and Recycling services that include strategy definition and implementation, as well as identifying, testing and eliminating restricted materials including... more...

...This significant upgrade introduces features such as TestAll(tm) technology, live spectra and peak identification, Simplified Chinese language support, and a new Consumer Goods screen.... more...

...Brent Council in London has hit on a way to comply with the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive for the responsible disposal of computer hardware, while also helping parts of the world in need of a technology boost.... more...

...Enforcement of legislation governing the disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) needs to be strengthened to prevent material being exported in contravention of the WEEE directive and its goals, according to one industry insider. According to Keith Freegard, director of Axion Recycling, unscrupulous companies are shipping plastic to countries where the standards of disposal are not as stringent as they are in Europe.... more...

...Retailers in Ireland have helped the Irish public to double the amount of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) they recycle, according to Ireland’s national compliance scheme. WEEE Ireland is the equivalent to producer compliance scheme Repic in the UK - it is the largest scheme in Ireland. It has 80% of the market tonnage share of household electronic waste in Ireland and has 495 members.... more...

...New research unveiled this week by the Environment Agency has revealed that 76 per cent of businesses questioned who import, rebrand or manufacture electrical and electronic equipment are aware of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations.... more...

...The implications of the current discrepancy in WEEE evidence data are beginning to cause some concerns across the sector. And, a variety of views have been aired by compliance schemes including a warning from Valpak that the two stage data system may need to be amended.... more...