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The EU has passed two Directives - WEEE and RoHS - with the intention to contain the mounting volumes of electrical and electronic scrap and to underline manufacturer responsibility. Producers of electrical and electronic devices now face new challenges, since they are required to accept incoming scrap devices and assume responsibility over their appropriate recovery and recycling. The intention here is to provide incentives toward an ecologically sound product design which comprehensively embraces aspects of waste recycling and disposal from the start. Bans aim at a restriction in the utilization of certain hazardous substances.
Download of Ordinance and Directives
Ordinance which regulates the Austrian implementation of the WEEE and ROHS Directives concerning waste reduction, collection and processing of electrical and electronic scrap. Issued by the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, April 29, 2005.
European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/96/EG on waste electrical and electronic equipment, passed on January 27, 2003
European Parliament and Council Directive 2002/95/EG on the restrictions in the use of certain hazardous substances, passed on January 27, 2003
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