The Management of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Products: Experiences with the EPR approach in Europe and the Austrian Way

Presentation on the WEEE regulation implementation in Austria.

Ordinance of the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management on Waste Prevention, Collection and Treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE Ordinance), BGBl. (Federal Law Gazette) II No. 121/2005

Legal frame regulating WEEE management in Austria.

EU Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC)

DIRECTIVE 2011/65/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast)

EU Directive on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators

DIRECTIVE 2006/66/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC

Waste Management & Research E-Waste Scientific Journal Collection

The link refers to Waste Management & Research's collection of E-Waste papers.  The collection consists of articles relating to household E-Waste, EPR, and various treatment techniques of WEEE.  Also included are regional focuses, particularly on collection practices in Asia and specific Asian countries such as Malaysia and China.

Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

E-waste treatment facility in Vienna, Austria – DRZ

In pictures: DRZ stands for German "Demontage- und Recycling Zentrum" (dismantling and recycling centre), where collected electronic devices that are still working are sold for reuse, or prepared for recycling or upcycling. DRZ has also a social aspect and it gives opportunity for long-term unemployed people to get back into…

Collection & storage centre in Vienna, Austria – Rinterzelt

In pictures: The Rinterzelt is a central collection site for problematic and hazardous waste, including e-waste, in Vienna, Austria. Every year, about 250,000 tonnes of waste are treated or put on interim storage here; of this total, around 200,000 tonnes are residues from incin­eration; 40,000 tonnes concern recyclables, and 4,000…

Management of WEEE Containing Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers – A material flow analysis case study from Vienna

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were routinely applied as flame retardants in plastic materials in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) for several decades. Commercial mixtures of pentabromodiphenyl ether (cPentaBDE) and commercial octabromodiphenyl ether (cOctaBDE) are classified because of their toxicity and persistence as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention…