Featured in Lift-off for MENA? – 01-2014

Regulations in recycling

PV recycling: Updated to include PV modules, the new European Community directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) comes into effect in February. pv magazine investigates how the EU’s PV industry is preparing for the change.
By
Ian Clover

What is the WEEE directive? The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive was originally conceived in January 2003 in order to regulate the appropriate treatment of electronic and electrical equipment that had reached its end of life. There were amendments in 2003 and again in 2008, and in 2012, PV modules were brought under …

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