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Title: Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy


1
Environment Heritage Service
UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Regulations 2006
15 June 2007
2
Overview of the UK Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006
  • Eugene Kelly
  • Producer Responsibility
  • Environment and Heritage Service

3
Contents
  • Background
  • What is WEEE?
  • Overview and key points
  • Distributors
  • Producers
  • Business WEEE
  • Waste Operators
  • EHS regulatory role
  • Key dates

4
Background
  • EU WEEE Directive 2003
  • To address the rapidly growing quantities of WEEE
    entering the waste stream
  • To encourage separate collection of WEEE
  • To reduce the amount of WEEE sent to landfill by
    setting mandatory recycling targets
  • To ensure safe treatment recycling of WEEE and
    environmentally sound disposal of hazardous
    components
  • To extend producer responsibility (polluter pays
    principle)

5
What is WEEE
  • In simple terms anything with a plug or a
    battery
  • WEEE Directive - Ten categories
  • Large household appliances
  • Small household appliances
  • IT telecoms equipment
  • Consumer equipment
  • Lighting equipment
  • Electrical electronic tools
  • Toys, leisure sports equipment
  • Medical devices
  • Monitoring control instruments
  • Automatic dispensers

6
WEEE system overview
  • Distributors (retailers) have to facilitate the
    free collection of WEEE
  • Producers (manufacturers importers) are
    responsible for financing the collection,
    treatment, recycling and disposal of WEEE
  • Business end users may have obligations depending
    on the age of WEEE how they replace equipment
  • Local councils have no obligations but can
    volunteer their sites to facilitate collection of
    household WEEE
  • General Public have no obligations but will be
    encouraged to participate in separate collection
    of WEEE

7
WEEE system overview
  • There are significant differences between the
    obligations for household and business WEEE
  • Distributor obligations
  • Distributors of household EEE have to facilitate
    the free collection of WEEE
  • Distributors of business EEE have no obligations
  • Producer obligations
  • Producers of household EEE obligation based on
    market share for each category
  • Producers of business EEE obligation based on
    amount of WEEE returned by customers

8
Distributors Household WEEE
  • Distributors sell EEE to end users
  • Retailers, distance sellers and manufacturers
    making direct sales
  • Must facilitate free take-back of WEEE from
    consumers
  • Offer in-store take-back, or
  • Join the Distributor Takeback Scheme

9
Distributors Household WEEE
  • DTI has set up a national Distributor Takeback
    Scheme (DTS)
  • DTS has recruited retailers to pay for its
    activities and has established a network of
    Designated Collection Facilities (DCFs)
  • Most DCFs are Council Civic Amenity sites. Other
    DCFs include shopping centres, distribution
    centres, voluntary sector premises.
  • A list of approved DCFs for the public to use has
    been published at www.valpak.co.uk/dts

10
Distributors Household WEEE
  • Retailers that do not join the national
    Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS) must offer
    in-store take back on a like for like basis
  • These retailers can not bring WEEE to the
    Designated Collection Facilities (e.g. Council CA
    sites)
  • These retailers must arrange collection of WEEE
    by Producers under Regulation 32
  • The DTI will regulate retailer compliance not the
    Environment Agencies. DTI has appointed the
    agency VCA to carry out this role (www.vca.gov.uk)

11
Distributors Business WEEE
  • Distributors of business EEE (retailers,
    wholesalers) have no obligations under the WEEE
    Regulations

12
Producers
  • Producers place EEE on the UK market
  • Manufacturers Importers businesses selling own
    brand EEE manufactured by others.
  • Must pay for the collection, treatment, recycling
    disposal of WEEE
  • Must join a Producer Compliance Scheme

13
Definition of Producer - DTI
  • UK based manufacturers of EEE
  • UK re-branders of EEE who replace the brand of
    the original manufacturer
  • Importers of EEE on a professional basis from
    unregistered manufacturers outside the UK
  • Non-UK manufacturers who sell EEE directly to UK
    end users
  • Non-UK manufacturers of EEE who want to relieve
    importers of the need to register

14
Producer Compliance Schemes
  • Producer Compliance Schemes are approved by the
    Environment Agencies 37 schemes
  • 10 Business WEEE only 2 Household WEEE only 25
    cover both
  • 27 cover all categories of WEEE 10 focus on
    specific categories
  • 32 open to all producers 5 closed schemes
  • Schemes recruit members and send registration
    details to Agencies including market share data
  • gt 2500 registered producers in UK to date
  • Market share of each scheme has been published by
    www.letsrecycle.com

15
Producers Household WEEE
  • Agencies calculate indicative producer
    obligations for Schemes based on market share
  • Schemes to make arrangements for clearance of
    DCFs to match their obligations
  • Schemes monitor and report arisings of WEEE
  • Schemes to ensure facilities treating or
    exporting WEEE provide necessary evidence of
    recycling to meet targets
  • Schemes to pay for collection and treatment and
    bill members accordingly
  • At end of compliance year, final obligation is
    calculated based on market share and actual
    amount of UK WEEE arisings for that year

16
Business WEEE 3 scenarios
  • For EEE purchased after 13 August 2005, the
    original producer is responsible for financing
    collection and treatment when this becomes WEEE.
    No new purchase of equipment is necessary.
  • For EEE purchased before 13 August 2005, if it is
    being replaced on a like-for-like basis, the
    producer of the new EEE is responsible for the
    old WEEE (even if they were not the original
    producer).
  • For EEE purchased before 13 August 2005, if it is
    not being replaced, the business end user is
    responsible for its environmentally sound
    treatment and disposal.

17
Business WEEE
  • Producers of business EEE may use their supply
    chains (retailers/distributors) or Schemes to
    fulfil their obligations on their behalf
  • Producers of business EEE can make a contractual
    arrangement with the end user that they will be
    responsible when the product becomes WEEE
  • If there are no negotiations or agreements, the
    Producer remains responsible for the WEEE
  • Purchasers of electrical electronic equipment
    need to make sure Producers accept their legal
    obligations when purchasing new equipment or
    replacing old equipment

18
Producer obligations
  • Declare their Producer Registration Number to
    their customers
  • Mark equipment with their unique producer
    identification mark
  • Mark equipment with the crossed-out wheel bin
    symbol

19
Waste operators
  • Must have appropriate licences
  • Contractual arrangements with Compliance Schemes
  • Approved by Environment Agencies to issue
    evidence notes of WEEE recycling in UK or export
    for recycling
  • Must track WEEE derived materials to final
    destination e.g. steel works, glass factory

20
EHS regulatory role
  • UK approach
  • 1 set of Regulations
  • Central registration system
  • Single database
  • Standard procedures
  • Standard fees
  • Local role
  • Auditing producers
  • Monitoring for free riders
  • Licensing WEEE facilities
  • Inspections and compliance
  • Approval of treatment facilities/exporters
  • Advice and guidance

21
Key dates
  • UK WEEE Regulations 2 Jan 2007
  • Distributor Takeback Scheme appointed Jan 2007
  • Schemes approved 28 Feb 2007
  • Member registration 15 Mar 2007
  • Scheme members data to Agencies 31 Mar 2007
  • Schemes market share from Agencies 17 Apr 2007
  • DCF network published May 2007
  • Approval of waste operators 1 Jul 2007
  • Start of Producer Responsibility 1 Jul 2007
  • End of first compliance year 31 Dec 2007

22
Further information
  • EHS contacts
  • Website www.ehsni.gov.uk/waste
  • E-mail weee_at_doeni.gov.uk
  • Phone 44 2890 569387
  • Environment Agency
  • www.environment-agency.gov.uk/weee
  • DTI
  • www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/sustainability/weee

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