WEEE Stakeholder Consultation Announced by BERR

The Department of Business, Environment and Regulatory Reform (BERR) announced that the stakeholder consultation of the European Parliament and of the Council on WEEE needs to be completed and returned by the 5th June 2008.

A copy of the consultation document, and how to take part, can be accessed here. The issues for consultation are as follows: —

Launch of strategic report "Material Security: an approaching crisis?"

On the 29th April 2008 the Resource Efficiency Knowledge Transfer Network (Re-KTN), in partnership with the Associate Parliament Sustainable Resource Group, held a networking event at the House of Commons which was entitled "Materials Security: An Approaching Crisis?"

The event was attended by over 100 delegates from a variety of different fields, which included the waste management, academic, manufacturing and materials mining sectors.

WRN celebrates its 6th birthday

On the 30th April 2002 the WEEE Recycling Network was officially launched at the University of Exeter.

Funded by the Onyx Environmental Trust (for a period of 2 years) to the tune of £224,000, the network aimed to provide free research and development advice to SME's within the UK to help them understand the then forthcoming WEEE Regulations. At this time the WEEE Recycling Network was unique, being the first and only independent channel open to SMEs.

Although the The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations have been enforced in the UK for 12 months, a poll undertaken by NetRegs has found that only 12% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK could name the regulations.

WEEE Responsibilities fact sheet now available

Fact Sheet to help SMEs understand their WEEE Responsibilities now available, from the WEEE Recycling Network, to help overcome lack of awareness.

Although the The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations have been enforced in the UK for 12 months, a poll undertaken by NetRegs has found that only 12% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the UK could name the regulations.

The Environment Exchange set to launch new service

The Environment Exchange is set to launch a marketplace for trading of WEEE Evidence Notes.

Announcing the development, Angus Macpherson, Managing Director of the Edinburgh-based Environment Exchange (t2e) said that the service will be open to Compliance Schemes, AATFs, AEs, and DCFs. Under the rules of the WEEE Regulations, WEEE Evidence or Trade notes must be issued to Compliance Schemes (possibly via their approved representatives), meaning that only these organisations can buy WEEE Evidence.