US Commercial Service teams up with ENVIRON for WEEE webinar
The US Commercial Service and ENVIRON provide a webinar on WEEE take-back for B2B products in Europe.
The US Commercial Service, part of the US Department of Commerce, anticipates and responds to the needs of US exporters to the European Union, especially new-to-export, small- and medium-sized businesses, and US businesses already operating in the EU. Compliance with the European Commission Directive on Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) is one area that manufacturers and importers struggle with, because WEEE compliance requirements are different in each EU Member State. To help companies assess the issues and options for compliance for business products (B2B), the US Commercial Service teamed up with ENVIRON and delivered a webinar on WEEE take-back for B2B products in Europe.
Effective from August 2005, the WEEE Directive requires manufacturers and importers to register as a WEEE producer and provide take-back systems for WEEE in EU Member States. The deadline and process for WEEE registration is different in each country. Manufacturers and importers of business products (B2B) have an option to use their own websites to provide a single system for WEEE take-back across Europe. Options for manufacturers and importers of consumer products (B2C) are limited and involve joining a collective compliance scheme in each Member State.
The webinar addressed:
- the different WEEE take-back obligations for B2B and B2C products.
- option to join schemes for B2B WEEE in each country: comparison of low- and high-cost schemes.
- option to use producer's website to manage take-back of B2B WEEE across EU Member States.
- enabling the business end-user to arrange and pay for WEEE collection.
- choosing a pan-European WEEE recycler and how recycling prices are falling across Europe.
- questions from participants.
For further information, please contact Dr Aidan Turnbull
Head of WEEE, RoHS & EcoDesign on +44 (0)1225 748420
