| Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)
· Seeks to increase recycling and recovery of waste equipment.
· Adopted by the European Commission in June 2000. · Expected
to become European law in 2002 with implementation in member
states 18 months later. |
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Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)
· Bans lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBBs,
PBDEs by 1 January 2007. · Adopted by the European Commission
in June 2000. · Expected to become European law in 2002
with implementation in member states 18 months later. |
| Electrical
and Electronic Equipment Directive (EEE) · Seeks to
apply design for environment to e & e products across the
life cycle. · Working paper put forward by DG Enterprise,
February 2001. |
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