The UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2013 (as amended) is the primary legislation governing electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) in the UK. The Government are looking to reform these regulations (WEEE Extended Producer Responsibility) to increase levels of separately collected WEEE for re-use and recycling, and to ensure that producers and distributors of electrical and electronic products finance the full net cost of collection and proper treatment of products that end up as waste.
Whilst the existing WEEE Regulations do facilitate reducing the environmental impacts caused by end-of life electronic and electrical items, the Government are looking to reform the WEEE Regulations for several reasons:
