Where are WEEE now? Lessons from WEEE: Will EPR work for the US?

Author

Huisman, Jaco ; Magalini, Federico

Author_Institution

Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft

fYear

2007

fDate

7-10 May 2007

Firstpage

149

Lastpage

154

Abstract

Currently, the transposition and implementation of the WEEE Directive by EU Member States is becoming a complete chaos for all parties involved. A radical change is needed to avoid that the original intent of the Directive is being lost. Experts of TU Delft are researching how to align the organization of setting up take-back systems for discarded electronics with outcomes of environmental and economic assessments as well as from organizational analysis. The results could point a way out from the current situation and could be of help for discussions in the US with regard to development of take-back and recycling systems in the various states.

Keywords

electronic products; electronics industry; environmental factors; organisational aspects; recycling; standards; EPR; EU Member States; TU Delft; US; WEEE Directive; discarded electronics; economic assessments; environmental assessments; organizational analysis; recycling systems; take-back systems; Chaos; Electronic waste; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Europe; Law; Legal factors; Paramagnetic resonance; Recycling; Waste management; EPR; WEEE; eco-efficiency; electronic waste; responsibilities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics & the Environment, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1095-2020

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0861-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEE.2007.369384

Filename

4222873