ECOS | Environmental Coalition on Standards

Tag: electrical waste

  • How standards can support a sustainable circular economy

    The EU needs to overhaul e-waste rules so that they effectively recover valuable resources from electronic equipment, as well as prevent, mitigate, and reverse the environmental harm caused by resource consumption and electronic waste. European standards, once revised and made legally binding, can offer detailed guidance for meeting minimum requirements for sustainable, circular e-waste recovery

  • Call to revise EU legislation for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

    4 NGOs and representatives of waste treatment operators call on the European Commission for a fast and fundamental revision of rules on electronic waste (WEEE Directive).

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