Directive Revisions
The directive has undergone a number of minor revisions since its inception in 2002. These include updates in 2006 and 2009.
After nine years the Directive was seen as failing to achieve some of its goals, hence the legislation had been amended again. On December 20, 2011 the European Parliament and the European Council agreed on amendments to the Directive, subject to a second-reading vote, which was taken on January 19, 2012.
The changes affect the method for calculating collection rates, which were previously four kg per inhabitant per year. To provide a transitional period of seven years to introduce the revised method of calculation, the present method is retained for the first four years from the time the amended Directive comes into force. For the next three years, commencing with the fifth year after the amendment, the calculation of collection rates will be revised to 45% of the weight of E&E products entering the market. Once this seven years transitional period is over, EU member states will individually select the actual collection options they wish to use.
The overall aim is for the EU to recycle at least 85% of electrical and electronics waste equipment by 2016.
Read more about this topic: Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment Directive
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