Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Difference between revisions

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 [[Recycling]] of WEEE is a specialist part of the waste and recycling industry; it is a rapidly growing sub-sector due largely to the implementation of the original WEEE Directive<ref name="foo" />.
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-WEEE generally contains a mixed variety of materials, potentially including hazardous ones (e.g. cadmium, arsenic or lead), making it problematic to manage and meaning the treatment methods for WEEE vary massively depending on the technology used and the relevant category<ref name="foo" />.
+WEEE generally contains a mixed variety of materials, potentially including hazardous ones (e.g. cadmium, arsenic or lead), making it problematic to manage and meaning the treatment methods for WEEE vary massively depending on the technology used and the relevant category<ref name="foo" />. It can include [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|Persistent Organic Pollutants]], or [[wikipedia: Persistent organic pollutant|POPs]], which require specific segregation and compliance with specific regulations<ref> POPs regulations 2019 – UK SI.2019 No.1099 (https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1099/made), implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1021</ref>.
 The [[EA]] updated their public register of producers and approved exporters, authorised treatment facilities and producer compliance schemes in March 2022<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/waste-electrical-and-electronic-equipment-weee-public-registers</ref>.