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European regulation

• DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (27/01/03)
• DIRECTIVE 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment 27/1/03

Position papers

• Orgalime Position Paper on Review of Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) – 19/02/07 
• EICTA (European digital technology industry) Position Statement on the Waste Framework Directive
• Joint Statement by a group of Industry and NGOs on Producer Responsibility for WEEE – 2/03/07
• RAL approves Commission’s climate protection targets – January 07

Studies

• Report on Recupel and WEEE by ADEME
• Report on CFCs in fridge-freezers by Öko-Institut e.V, Berlin, Germany
• Presentation of WEEE workshop organised by VVSG – 25/04/07

Press releases

• Presents the WEEE-public interest network set up by ACR+, by ENDS – 16/02/07
• ICLEI newsletter including article on the WEEE-public interest network – March 2007
• Article on WEEE-pin by Green Supply Line
• RAL press release on German statement 16/5570 concerning the recycling of refrigeration equipment – 23/07/07

Links to useful sites

• Link to European Commission page on the revision of the WEEE Directive
• Article on WEEE-pin by Green Supply Line
• Eco-X conference on WEEE, Vienna, Austra (9-11/5/07)
• Step initiative - Solving the E-Waste problem

Articles

• Article on need to get rid of old, polluting white goods and use new ones, proven by recent study – 26/10/06
  

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