Business users must be careful to dispose of redundant electrical equipment responsibily

Where producer compliance schemes do not apply in relation to non-household WEEE, the last user is responsible for treatment, recycling and environmentally sound disposal of all forms of WEEE.  Also, where producer compliance schemes might apply, the regulations do allow for negotiation between producers and business users over the allocation of responsibility for non-household WEEE - for example a user may be able to negotiate a discount on the purchase price of the EEE in exchange for accepting the disposal responsibility.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) aims to minimise the impact of electrical and electronic goods on the environment, by increasing re-use and recycling and reducing the amount of WEEE going to landfill.  It seeks to achieve this by making producers responsible for financing the collection, treatment, and recovery of waste electrical equipment, and by obliging distributors to allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.

The UK Regulations implementing the WEEE Directive were laid before Parliament on 12 December 2006 and entered into force on 2 January 2007. Non-Statutory Guidance was published on 28 February 2007 and revised in August 2007.

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