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Assessment of the quantities of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in Scotland

Katalin Feszty

Caledonian Shanks Centre for Waste Management, School of Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Drummond House, Glasgow G3 6RN, Scotland, UK, K.Feszty{at}gcal.ac.uk

Colin Murchison

Caledonian Shanks Centre for Waste Management, School of Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Drummond House, Glasgow G3 6RN, Scotland, UK

Jim Baird

Caledonian Shanks Centre for Waste Management, School of Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Drummond House, Glasgow G3 6RN, Scotland, UK

Gholam Jamnejad

School of Built and Natural Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University, Cowcaddens Road, Glasgow G4 0BA, Scotland, UK

The EC Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment forms the basis of legislative control over the ultimate recovery and disposal of electronic and electrical products.

Understanding the quantities and composition of WEEE arising will be critical in the development of an appropriate collection and recovery infrastructure to meet the requirements of the directive. However in advance of implementation of the directive only limited information is currently available. This paper reviews recent estimates of WEEE arisings, considers the results of trial collection schemes, and presents the findings of the authors own analysis of WEEE arisings in Scotland. The results cover the period of 1998-2008 and suggest that the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment will increase until 300,000-350,000 metric tons per annum is reached.

Key Words: Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipments (WEEE) • producer responsibility • WEEE directive • discarded equipment • amount of waste • electronic scrap • end-of-life equipment • wmr 549-4

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 21, No. 3, 207-217 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100304
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