Talk:Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

To Bar or Not To Bar
Have updated the line in the first section about the use of the bar on the logo

Directive 2012/19/EU https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32012L0019

Article 14 Information for users 4.  With a view to minimising the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to facilitating its separate collection, Member States shall ensure that producers appropriately mark — preferably in accordance with the European standard EN 50419 (25) — EEE placed on the market with the symbol shown in Annex IX.

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EN 50419 clause 4.1 b) (paraphrased) (equipment) put on the market after 13th August 2005 shall be identified by either 1) ... date of manufacture ... 2) ... marking shown in Figure 1 [the bar underneath the bin]

JP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.217.45 (talk) 11:28, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Redirect from WEEE
WEEE is waste electrical and electronic equipment and generically refers to items in this category. WEEE should be diverted to E-waste not the WEEE directive. It does not refer directly to the WEEE directive which is a separate item. --Alex 14:54, 30 June 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vortexrealm (talk • contribs)


 * Doing a quick google, I fail to see any references to "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" which do not refer to the directive. I don't believe the term was in use prior to the directive but correct me if I'm wrong. —Pengo 12:37, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

I work in the waste management industry in the UK & Ireland. WEEE is the general term for all items of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. You are correct to say it originates from the directive but has also become the blanket term in the industry. Perhaps a disambiguation page would be appropriate --Alex 14:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Pardon me for suggesting this, but wouldn't Urine be a more appropriate redirect for WEEE? ;-)
 *  DieselDragon  (Talk) - 17 October 2009CE = 17:45, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

WEEE Man Stuff of Nightmares
Why are they using a horrific skeletal killer cyborg with it's lower limbs ripped off and trailing a spinal column? - MSTCrow 03:58, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * He'll be back if you don't comply with the directive - Yomangani talk 18:38, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

What does the WEEE directive actually mean?
What I'm wondering is, how is this directive actually implemented? I know we can take WEEE to recycling centres now (in the UK), but what happens to it then, does it go back to the manufacturer or is there some centralised facilities? Do the original manufacturers pay the full cost of that service? Is that what that "dustbin with a cross through" symbol means on newer electrical items? How does it work with imported goods? So many questions, so few answers... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Orangejon (talk • contribs) 17:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * As far as I know, the WEEE Directive basically means that all WEEE is required to be recycled by law, as opposed to being thrown away in landfill. Local executions of the directive may vary, but where I am (Farnborough, Hampshire) the local waste depots send WEEE off to a local recycling company for sorting, break-down and part/materials reclamation. As far as I know, manufacturers aren't under an obligation to actually collect and recycle their appliances themselves, but I think they might have to make a contribution to the cost of public recycling facilities, which would be collected either via VAT on the item, or their own corporation tax payments. :-)
 *  DieselDragon  (Talk) - 17 October 2009CE = 17:59, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

It is not clear to me at all what should I do with batteries with this symbol without black thick line. They say 0% cadminum, 0% mercury. I heared these are safe to throw away in a standard waste, It will be burned in an incineration station. If that is ok, then the symbol is not ok, because it suggests opposite.

As an EU member state, hazardous wastes ...?
Richardtj added this:

I changed it to:

because the original was apparently not grammatically correct.

However Richardtj reverted my change. I'm not knowledgeable about the WEEE Directive or its UK implementation, so I'm happy to accept that my version was factually incorrect. However, Richardtj's version appears to contain a dangling modifier - I do not think that hazardous waste is an EU member state, as is implied by the current wording. Could someone who knows what it should say please correct it. Thanks, Mitch Ames (talk) 11:21, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

Mitch, I've used "As a member state" in the context that i'm refering to the UK, which constitutes a member state of the EU- ergo, under the sub-category "UK implementation". However, the EWC is pan european, so i'll take a look at that part again. Richardtj —Preceding undated comment added 14:58, 13 February 2012 (UTC). Mitch, Attempted to mod and hit the issue of describing the fact that UK is member state, however why should they still need to use the EWC. Hit a "waffle" wall, where it would have ended up with me spouting a load of drivel, so shortened and anything that may have sidetracked the reader....Richardtj


 * OK, thanks. Mitch Ames (talk) 10:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

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