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==Directive 2002/96/EC== | ==Directive 2002/96/EC== | ||
Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment was the first of the European Directives to be published on [[WEEE]] on the 27 Jan 2003 and formed part of the producer responsibility principle. It's aim was to ensure that those responsible for placing one of the fastest growing waste streams 'on the market' i.e. the producers, distributers etc become responsible for the recyling and recovery of any electrical or electronic product at the end of its life given that this equipment often contained several hazardous substances such as mercury, cadmium, lead, hexavalent chromium and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and certain ozone deleting substances<ref name="WD">[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:ac89e64f-a4a5-4c13-8d96-1fd1d6bcaa49.0004.02/DOC_1&format=PDF | Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment was the first of the European Directives to be published on [[WEEE]] on the 27 Jan 2003 and formed part of the producer responsibility principle. It's aim was to ensure that those responsible for placing one of the fastest growing waste streams 'on the market' i.e. the producers, distributers etc become responsible for the recyling and recovery of any electrical or electronic product at the end of its life given that this equipment often contained several hazardous substances such as mercury, cadmium, lead, hexavalent chromium and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and certain ozone deleting substances<ref name="WD">[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:ac89e64f-a4a5-4c13-8d96-1fd1d6bcaa49.0004.02/DOC_1&format=PDF WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC]</ref>. | ||
The Directive applied to all household and non-household waste electrical and electronic equipment used by consumers with the Directive also requiring that any WEEE was collected seperately and that any producers should finance collection of WEEE from collection facilities and the treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE<ref name="WD" />. The Directive was transposed into UK legislation as The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 as amended the ("WEEE Regs"). | The Directive applied to all household and non-household waste electrical and electronic equipment used by consumers with the Directive also requiring that any WEEE was collected seperately and that any producers should finance collection of WEEE from collection facilities and the treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE<ref name="WD" />. The Directive was transposed into UK legislation as The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 as amended the ("WEEE Regs"). | ||