Environmental Policy for IT Waste Recycling & Reuse

Typically waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) has been sent to landfill - a significant proportion of the well over 1,000,000 tonnes of WEEE that is produced by business in the UK each year. The WEEE Directive has been added to and amended over the past decade, with the aim to help address the environmental and social issues created by disposing of WEEE in this manner.

The directive gives the legal framework to ensure that from July 1st 2007, all WEEE (both domestic and commercial) be re-used, recycled or treated. There is significant emphasis on waste prevention. Where possible, the waste should be re-used, and what can’t be reused should be treated and recycled, conforming to stringent standards.

Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive

Data Protection Act 1998