Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. Also known as the WEEE directive, for short.

It is a European Union directive specifically on waste electrical and electronic equipment, WEEE for short. Together with another directive called the RoHS Directive, the European Union made both directives law in February 2003.

The WEEE directive set targets for all sorts of electrical goods in terms of collection, recycling and management at a rate of 4 kgs per person per year.

Goods that were manufactured between the years 2002 and 2005 were classified as “historic WEEE recyclables”.

The European Union aims to recycle 85% or more of WEEE by the end of 2016.

All companies have the responsibility of collecting WEEE or at least having the possiblity for households to return it free of charge.