With the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) having recently launched its consultation into the regulations around how electronic goods producers fund the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), several leading electronics producers have called for widespread changes to be made to the “excessively costly” system for...
Minister stresses importance of ‘getting WEEE system right’
Many of those involved in WEEE recycling had an invaluable opportunity to listen to a Government minister on 1st May, on the subject of new regulations surrounding the recycling of waste electricals. Clients of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read the comments of Michael Fallon, minister at...
Labour policy review calls for greater recycling ambition
The Labour Party has said that more challenging recycling targets should be set, as is already the case in Scotland and Wales, and that economic security can be aided by an advanced waste strategy that creates manufacturing jobs in addition to laying the foundations for sustainable growth. The news will...