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 With the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive set to be implemented in the UK on July 1 2007, MRW are bringing you as much information as possible on this crucial piece of legislation.
We'll be updating this special site regularly with news, information, facts and case studies from our magazine MRW and some exclusive web features too. Make sure you come back regularly to find out what is happening with WEEE in the UK. |
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The importance of education
As we approach the first anniversary of the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, Simon Hill examines the effectiveness of its implementation
Making a full recovery
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling is perhaps one of the most challenging areas of materials recovery. Brian Gist of TiTech UK explains how advances in automated sorting help
Office politics
Are we neglecting electrical and electronic waste from the business sector? Bill Swan examines the case
WEEE review
After much consideration and consultation, the UK Regulations implementing the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive took effect in 2007. Duncan Simpson reviews how their introduction has gone so far
Living within the law
Lindsay Millington, director general of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), reviews the organisation’s experience of the introduction of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and the impact it has had so far on BMRA members
Taking on the challenge
Inside an unassuming building on an industrial estate in Salford, Axion Recycling is forging ahead with developments to reprocess WEEE plastics to as high a value product as possible. Andrea Height reports
Longlife computers?
In with the new and out with the old seems to be the never-ending cycle that most businesses take when upgrading their IT and telephony infrastructure. Graham Davy explains how this could be costing them and the environment dear, as they brand equipment redundant well before its time
Pole position processor
Ticking all the boxes is an over-used phrase but one that seems apt in the case of environmentally responsible waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycler Sweeep. Andrea Height reports
WEEE rules face screen test
With its background in providing supply chain solutions, DHL argues that a new approach is needed to make hazardous WEEE regulations work. MRW reports
Electrical Interference
The WEEE Directive has been introduced to ensure that electrical waste is dealt with in an environmentally responsible manner. But are metals prices hampering this aim, asks Paul Gander
European Learning
The Dutch have been recycling their waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) since 1998. Andrea Height visits Sims Recycling Solutions’ WEEE facility in Eindhoven, to see what lessons it can export to the UK
WEEE Countdown
What is left to do to start WEEE collections on July 1? Duncan Simpson, from Valpak Retail WEEE Services, takes us up to speed
Are WEEE ready?
On July 1 the UK will start implementing the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. MRW asks the Environment Agency what this will mean |
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