European Commission: latest developments on WEEE2 directive

Please find below the latest developments on WEEE2 directive.

Firstly, the Commission will host a stakeholder meeting on 20 May to discuss the draft implementing measure on a common methodology for calculating EEE placed on the market (POM) and WEEE Generated (WG) in line with Art. 7 and 16(4) of WEEE2. Please find attached the EC draft implementing regulation including annex I and II on the calculation methods for EEE POM and WEEE generated by weight.

For further details please click here for the background report.

Secondly, for your information, the United Nations University recently published its study “the Global E-Waste Monitor 2014”.

Key conclusions

• 41.8 million tonnes of e-waste was generated in 2014, up from 33,8mt in 2010. It is expected to increase to 50mt in 2018
• Europe is producing the highest amount of e-waste per capita in the world
• Despite EU regulations imposing WEEE collection targets, most materials are not captured by collection schemes. Around 8% of EU e-waste ends up in waste bins
• Global e-waste streams (2014) had a value of around 48 billion EUR due to gold, silver, steel, aluminum and plastics content