It is almost three years since the WEEE Directive came into force and in that time the issue has never been too far from the headlines. In fact it made headlines even before it came into force by virtue of not coming into force... its numerous delays seeming to put the UK on the back foot from day one. More recently the High Court considered its first case under the WEEE Regulations 2006, which centred around the issue of producer compliance schemes and their levels of WEEE collection (CIWM, September 2009, page 46). It was REPIC which alleged that the over-collection by other compliance schemes, such as Electrolink, was leaving it unable to fulfil its own obligations.
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