WEEE recycling obligation in force in France

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by Ahmed » 17/08/12, 22:24

Recycling is "in", it's "fun", it's "top"! 8) And, icing on the cake, it creates the jobs without which we are unable to make society, for lack of questioning the true nature of our social relations!
It is noisy also these gestures, and it hides the deafening silence on the necessary but unacceptable reduction of waste at the source ...
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by Janic » 18/08/12, 08:22

the biggest polluting companies were (are still?) the main polluters who win on both fronts.
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by Ahmed » 18/08/12, 15:40

@ Janic: There is still a strong symbolism to "produce value" by making shit, then recycling it! :P
Psychos would see a blockage in the anal stage ... :frown:
And the more the initial product contains this "quality", the faster the cycle of upgrading.
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by moinsdewatt » 19/08/12, 11:55

Janic wrote:the biggest polluting companies were (are still?) the main polluters who win on both fronts.


and give examples to confirm what you say.
For now it 's totally free as an affirmation.
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by moinsdewatt » 02/10/12, 19:59

Professional WEEE finally has their eco-organism!


06/09/2012

The State pronounced in August 2012 the approval of the first eco-organization dedicated exclusively to the management of WEEE (pronounced D3E) computer and office (category 3 and 4) companies. This is Ecologic, already approved for household WEEE since 2006. The eco-organization will take responsibility for Extended Producer Responsibility (REP) of "pros" electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with current European and French regulations.

Governments hit hard by supporting agreed solution
The regulation distinguishes the sector from WEEE from households and from companies. While the approved collection and treatment of household WEEE has been effective since 2006, this was not yet the case for WEEE in companies. Until now, the deposits of WEEE "pros" were recovered individually by each producer as the law required them. In fact, many shortcomings were noted as the individual system was binding for each of the stakeholders. At the end of July 2012, the approval commission composed of public authorities and representatives of the civil society has therefore chosen Ecologic to ensure the management of WEEE categories 3 and 4 (computer and office) companies in France.

Performance up to predict!
This decision comes in the context of EPR and European regulations, which stipulates that as of 2016, 45% of annual marketings by producers will have to be recovered and recycled. This threshold will then increase to 65% in 2019. As a reminder, according to ADEME, "professional" producers have put on the market 169 000 tons of electrical and electronic equipment in 2010.

These provisions are in line with a better consideration of environmental issues in the business world and above all they will simplify administrative procedures for producers as well as holders of electrical and electronic equipment.

Ultimately, the approval of Ecologic will lead to better management of the sector by practicing economies of scale offered by the integrated solution of eco-organisms. The creation of these will increase the performance of recovery, depollution and valuation of D3E companies. In view of the work already done by eco-organizations in the household WEEE sector, this is very good news for the environment.



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by Grandaddy » 10/01/14, 12:55

moinsdewatt wrote:
Janic wrote:the biggest polluting companies were (are still?) the main polluters who win on both fronts.


and give examples to confirm what you say.
For now it 's totally free as an affirmation.


I've heard that theory before, but I think if it does, it's more industry specific than others.
But in fact I do not think there has been any serious study on this subject.

Otherwise, with regard to WEEE, I saw that there were more and more sites that offered to buy back these products (like Métalcash in Belgium: http://www.metalcash.be/achat/deee )
There are some here who have already tried?
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by moinsdewatt » 10/01/14, 21:51

Electronic devices: three times more waste by 2017

15 Dec 2013 The Parisian

The explosion in the electronic or electrical equipment market has a worrying setback: these increasingly short-lived products generate mountains of waste. According to a report published under the aegis of the UN, the volume of this waste should even triple by 2017, to represent every year a mountain of 65,4 millions of tons, 200 times the weight of the Empire State Building.

“By 2017, in one year, all refrigerators, televisions, mobile phones, computers, screens, electronic toys and all other end-of-life products with a battery or an electric wire would represent a line of 40-ton trucks. the length of three quarters of Ecuador ", warns this study launched by the Initiative to solve the waste problem (" Solving the E-Waste Problem ", StEp), a partnership of UN organizations, industrialists, governments, NGOs and scientists.

In 2012, according to the inventory carried out and mapped by the StEp, about 48,9 million tons of electrical and electronic waste (DEE) were thrown around the world, ie 19,6 kilos per inhabitant of the planet.

Volume of electronic and electrical waste per capita and per year
- Qatar: 63 kg per inhabitant
- United States: 29,8 kg
- Germany: 23,2 kg
- United Kingdom: 21,8 kg
- France: 21,1 kg
- Spain: 18 kg
- Italy: 17,8 kg
An Indian generates on average 2,25 kilos of DEE, a Brazilian 7,1 and a Chinese 5,4 kilos.

In terms of volume of electrical and electronic waste produced, the United States (9,4 million tonnes per year) is ahead of China (7,3 million). China was last year the largest market of electrical and electronic products, with 11,1 million tons marketed, ahead of the United States with 10 million tons. These data exclude exports, a product made in China and sold in Europe thus appearing in the statistics for Europe.

Presenting itself as a unique comparison on a global scale, the statistical survey aims to better identify the issue of this type of waste, which is difficult to recycle and contains rare or dangerous metals or elements that are dangerous for the environment. On the other hand, the study remains fragmented on two key points of the sector, for lack of data: the level of recycling in the world and the export of electronic waste. On the export side of waste, the study also includes a report on electronic waste only in the United States. For 258,2 millions of devices (computers, screens, TVs and telephones), this one concludes with a rate of recycling and reuse of 56% of the total weight. According to the study, only 8,5% of devices discarded in the United States (and 3,1% of the total weight) are exported.


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by moinsdewatt » 23/08/14, 14:44

Recycling: supermarkets obliged to take back all used equipment

The Parisian 22.08.2014,

That could help you to rid your closets of your outdated or tired electrical or electronic items ... According to a decree published Friday in the Official Journal, distributors selling electronic and electrical products (computers, phones, refrigerators, etc. .. ) will now be required to take back small and used consumer electronics or equipment "free of charge and without obligation to purchase".

According to article 4 of this decree, which modifies the Environmental Code by transposing a European directive of 2012, this obligation concerns "the stores having a large surface dedicated to the sale of electrical and electronic equipment" . The conditions under which this free takeover will take place will be specified later by an order. But we already know that the distributor will have obligation to take over only if he has a sales area dedicated to electrical and electronic equipment of at least 400 m2.
The recovery will be free for the user if all the external dimensions of the equipment are less than or equal to 25 cm. The first products concerned include cell phones, tablets, toasters, electric kettles, small toys, etc ... Nevertheless, for the executive, "this measure will increase the deposit of used equipment to treat, especially for social and solidarity economy actors, who recover each year through this recovery equipment for their repair and resale ".

Darty and Carrefour have already anticipated

"It is a real new impetus which is carried by this decree", welcomed Guillaume Duparay, director of collection at Eco-systems, the eco-organization responsible for collecting this so-called "D3E" waste. Most distributors have, moreover, anticipated changes in regulations. "We have been practicing take-back without any obligation to purchase, known as 'one for zero' for several years," said Anaïs Lesueur, marketing and sustainable development manager at Darty. The same goes for Carrefour, where more than 800 stores (Carrefour and Carrefour market) have implemented this service for over a year.

Overall, the decree aims to better manage the management of electrical and electronic waste, and to improve its treatment and recycling. According to the European Union, two-thirds of electrical and electronic waste does not reach approved recycling centers, while the deposit is huge. It is valued at 50 million tons a year worldwide.

Thus, the text incorporates in the environmental code the European targets for the rate of collection of waste electrical equipment. From 2016, it is set to 45% of the average weight of the products placed on the market during the previous three years, then will be increased to 65% from 2019 (or 85% of the weight of the equipment produced). Finally, the decree more strictly regulates the transfer abroad of electrical and electronic equipment, to prevent waste being exported before processing to a third country.

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by Did67 » 25/08/14, 18:08

Good news: it's a decree ..!

From memory, discussion with the local deputy, one day, that I "messed up": 40% of the laws never know of application because the decrees do not come out!

So when we know that the media mainly talk about ... announcements, by the government, the president ...

And that there is already a huge loss: finally, law never voted or, more often, laws to a lesser extent much less than the announcement ...

t again, 40% never applied!

So we do not hurt, there, on the waste!
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by Flytox » 25/08/14, 20:12

The recovery will be free for the user if all the external dimensions of the equipment are less than or equal to 25 cm. The first products concerned include cell phones, tablets, toasters, electric kettles, small toys, etc ... Nevertheless, for the executive, "this measure will increase the deposit of used equipment to treat, especially for social and solidarity economy actors, who recover each year through this recovery of for repair and resale».


Our big supermarket chains are well known for their philanthropy Image. From here they spend all the recovery to the compactor to gain space ..... and thus limit even this small competition ...
If it is not expressly forbidden and controlled, they will not interfere. :|
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