by stefanie | Sep 9, 2021 | World Focus
The Association has started a cartridge collection programme in Romania combined with an end user information campaign about WEEE. Printer cartridges are WEEE and must be disposed of correctly, but as Respo WEEE explains that in Romania there are still problems...
by stefanie | Sep 7, 2021 | World Focus
Changes to Germany’s WEEE regulations will see stronger take back requirements. The changes come into effect on the 1st January 2022 and among other changes there is a stronger take-back requirement. Manufacturers with B2B customers will have to provide full...
by stefanie | Aug 27, 2021 | Around the Industry
The German municipality of Thuringia’s Environment Ministry and consumer advice centre started a repair bonus in June. From the broken coffee machine to the broken cell phone, repairing instead of throwing it away protects the environment, but it is often more...
by stefanie | Jul 9, 2021 | World Focus
Spain is leading the way in reforming waste and WEEE and we take a look at Spain’s new rules that will see manufacturers pay the full cost of recycling WEEE. Manufacturers don’t fare well in a recent FTC report. We unpack their comments that says that manufactures...
by stefanie | Jul 1, 2021 | World Focus
From today, manufacturers are legally obliged to make spare parts for products available to consumers, so that electrical appliances can be fixed easily The UK government has introduced new “right to repair” legislation to overcome “premature...
