The VEEE - Directive
The WEEE directive: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment; German. (Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte-Abfall) is the EC Directive 2002/96/EC to reduce the increasing amount of electronic waste.
The WEEE directive: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment ; German (Elektro- und Elektronikgeräte-Abfall ) is the EC Directive 2002/96/EC to reduce the increasing amount of electronic waste from disused electrical and electronic equipment . 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. Up to 13 August 2005 should have the EU Member States transposed the Directive into national law and 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.