Electrical goods makers face huge bill for recycling

Businesses making electrical and electronic equipment will be forced to pay up to £500m a year to recycle old products under UK government proposals to implement the European Union WEEE directive in the UK. On 25 July 2006 the Government launched a consultation on the key proposals to be introduced from 1 July 2007.

United Kingdom: Department of Trade and Industry: Press Release, 25.7.06: A big answer to a WEEE problem http://www.gnn.gov.uk/environment/detail.asp?ReleaseID=216704&NewsAreaID=2&NavigatedFromDepartment=False

United Kingdom: Department of Trade and Industry; Consultations: Implementing the Directives 2002/96/EC and 2003/108/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in the United Kingdom http://www.dti.gov.uk/consultations/page32448.html

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