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Comment: Awareness of WEEE is high but there are still misconceptions

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

Data hitch delays WEEE reconciliation

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

GreenSoft Technology Launches GreenData Manager

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

Intertek Offers Global Restricted Substance Solutions for the Medical Industry

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Announces Major Software Upgrade for Its Handheld XRF Analyzers

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

WEEE directive sees council ship old PCs to Africa

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

WEEE enforcement needs to be more stringent

Sun, 11 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

Ireland doubles EU WEEE recycling target

Sun, 4 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

Manufacturers must play catch-up

Sun, 4 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....

Surplus possible for WEEE recycling evidence

Sun, 4 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

...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....