Improved rules on the collection and treatment of electric waste have come into force. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE) is one of the fastest growing waste streams, and it offers substantial opportunities in terms of making secondary raw materials available on the market. Systematic collection and proper treatment is a precondition for recycling … Read more
Rehab Recycle’s new state-of-the-art WEEE recycling facility in Ballymount has been officially opened. The new facility has the capacity to process 10,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment every year. Every year in Ireland an average of 9kg of waste electrical goods is recycled per head of population; this is 3.5kg above the European … Read more
The European Parliament wants tighter rules for the EU’s growing output of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE), while cutting red tape for companies. MEPs have proposed new targets for collecting, recycling and re-using waste. They also recommended tougher measures to prevent the export of e-waste to developing countries, where it can pose a health … Read more
The Basel Action Network (BAN), the global environmental waste watchdog group which first exposed the dumping of waste from electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) from developed countries to China and West Africa, has brought its electronic recyclers certification to Europe. Redemtech EU, of Cranleigh, Surrey, has become the first electronics recycler outside of the United … Read more