On 25 July 2024, the European Commission called on all Member States to meet waste collection and recycling targets; its letters of formal notice to the Member States underline their legal obligation to properly and fully implement EU environmental law.

The EU’s WEEE legislation, based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle, has enabled the creation of the world’s most extensive, comprehensive and innovative ecosystem of ‘actors’, practices, services and technologies.

Organisations responsible for collecting electrical and electronic waste equipment need to be given authority and not just legal responsibility.

To mark the upcoming International E-Waste Day, Oct. 14, consumers worldwide are urged to collect dead and / or unused electronics and electrical products, give them a second life through reuse or repair, or recycle them properly.