WEEE-PIN: an explanation
The WEEE-PIN aims to involve local authorities in the revision process of Directive 2006/92/EC 'WEEE Directive' and make their voices heard in the debates. Local and regional authorities have lots of expertise indeed in the collection and recycling of waste, but they are suffering today from an insufficient application of producer responsibility and from the confusing and inconsistent way the European WEEE Directive has been implemented throughout Europe.
The WEEE-PIN aims to be:
- An information exchange platform
- representing European Local and Regional Authorities
- with access to discussions left to all kinds of stakeholders, except producers and Producer Complicance Schemes
- An instrument that will defend the general/public interest,
especially for
- the revision of the WEEE directive
- the revision of the Waste Framework Directive
The WEEE-PIN aims to develop common positions on the following six issues:
- The status of reuse and the promotion of social economy within the existing systems
- The covering of costs by Producer Compliance Schemes
- The advantages and weaknesses of the different existing structures of Producer Compliance Schemes
- The transparency issue
- The development of markets and standards of collection and treatment in order to avoid "eco-dumping"
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The need to keep separate systems for household and industrial waste
The chairmen of the WEEE-PIN are Mr Chr. Delatter from VVSG and Mr N. Garnier from AMORCE.
For further information please contact:
Christof Delatter
WEEE-PIN co-chaiman