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Updating the 2003 Directive on the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment. By 2020 the volume collected per person will reach 20 pounds. Each country will have to dispose of 65 tons of 100 placed on the market.

All consumers of the Old Continent will return old electronic devices without having to buy new ones. This is the place announced by the European Parliament in the crucial update of the 2003 Directive on the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Rules which will come fully into force by the year 2020, when the volume of electronic waste collected per person will be equal to 20 kilograms. Nearly 16 kilograms more than the current 4. According to the forecasts of the European Union, the overall volume of WEEE will rise to 12 million tons by the end of the decade.
The new European directive will, however, by degrees: each country by the year 2016 will have to collect 45 tons of waste out of 100 of goods on the market. After three years, you will need to climb to 65 percent. Consumers can return small electronic devices in the shops of 400 square meters and over. Without the obligation to purchase a new product. Particular attention should then be placed in the recovery of those devices that contain precious metals like gold. The European Parliament has also hardened the bureaucratic system in the disposal process, so as to prevent the shipment of WEEE in less developed countries, does not have adequate disposal facilities.
"I am very pleased - said Karl-Heinz Florenz MEP - We managed to agree on collection rates ambitious, but achievable. Europe will recover as raw material, which is great news for the economy and for the 'environment. "The update of the 2003 Directive has received "an overwhelming majority."

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