Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment: Difference between revisions
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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" />. 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>. | 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>.The current national target for WEEE collection is 65%of the average of the previous three years placed on the market (or 85% of WEEE generated). | 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>.The current national target for WEEE collection is 65% of the average of the previous three years placed on the market (or 85% of WEEE generated). For 2022 the target has been set at 511,377 tonnes<ref>[https://www.mrw.co.uk/news/weee-collection-target-set-after-extraordinary-year-07-04-2022/?eea=*EEA*&eea=Y3pSOGJOdFFNTkw2MERxVHkyWGptYkY4WXR2QzZNVzRaWGJUR0RRNFVIdz0%3D&utm_source=acs&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=FABS_MRW_EDI_SUBS_Daily_07042022&deliveryName=DM41415 MRW Article accessed April 2022]</ref>. | ||
== Macro Tonnage == | == Macro Tonnage == | ||