E-waste collection behaviour and supply chain: a comparative case study between France and Italy
Read MoreDirective 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Read MoreLegal recommendation on WEEE data collection, registry and traceability
WEEE and EEE traceability is a crucial condition for setting a sound e-waste management system. It allows not only to monitor the compliance of the stakeholders involved in the e-waste system both on national scale and from abroad, but also – from a legislative and financial perspective – to set…
Read MoreLegal recommendation on health and safety regulations regarding WEEE recycling
In the context of WEEE recycling, health and safety issue should be approached from three aspects: General occupational health and safety regulations, which is applicable in all industrial sites Dismantling and treatment of WEEE Regulations on substances in EEE WEEE - waste electrical and electronic equipment: electrical or electronic…
Read MoreLaw enforcement: case of applied penalties in Italy, France and Austria
EU member states have transposed EU law and introduced penalties for producers and importers of EEE, who do not fulfil their legal obligations. Selection of applicable sanctions are presented below: Penalties applicable in Italian law: Producers who do not register to the (W)EEE registry are subject to an administrative sanctions…
Read MoreWEEE EPR law implementation: case in Italy
In Italy, the EU Directive 2012/19/UE regarding electric and electronic equipment waste (WEEE) was adopted on 14th March 2014 with Legal Decree n.49 (further Legal Decree n.49). This establish roles and responsibilities for all key stakeholders in the WEEE recycling. The law has two main objectives: Prevent or reduce the negative…
Read MoreWEEE recycling system financing: case in EU
The reimbursed compliance scheme According to the Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) principle, producers finance the e-waste supply chain, but this is not always the case, since the EPR mechanism is often implemented via a series of reimbursement schemes and co-contributions from other stakeholders, which do reduce the overall costs borne…
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