Tag: Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment

• Revising the Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

  Europe cannot recycle its way out of the resource crisis. Improving the recovery of Critical Raw Materials from electronic waste is important but revising the WEEE Directive to focus solely on collection and recycling risks missing the bigger picture. If the EU is serious about reducing resource consumption, cutting strategic dependencies, and building a circular economy within planetary boundaries, waste prevention must become the guiding principle of the Directive.

• New data reveals the extent of Europe’s e-waste crisis

  Press release, Brussels | New Eurostat data released today exposes the scale of Europe's overconsumption of electronics and the continued failure to properly collect and recycle electronic waste. Environmental NGOs are urging the European Commission to take decisive action in the upcoming revision e-waste legislation: stronger and binding measures to prevent waste and promote repair, reuse and proper collection (including reuse targets), and robust EPR schemes with eco-modulated fees that hold producers accountable for their products throughout their life cycle.