VREG – the implementation of the WEEE directive in Switzerland For almost 30 year now, the governments of EU Member States and the EU itself, alongside representatives of industry and NGOs, have been considering how to tackle electrical and electronic waste in a unified fashion. Switzerland has also published its own regulations in this regard,…
The new Portuguese Environmental Protection Agency (APA) has set up a central registration office and is currently adjusting the registrations of WEEE…
Open Scope – also an export topic! As of today, August 15, 2018, the second amendment of the WEEE Directive has entered into force. This introduces the so-called “open scope” in the ElektroG. In the future, all electrical and electronic equipment will be covered, e.g. also electrical furniture or textiles. This means that from now…
Since of the 15.08.2018 the open scope (offener Anwendungsbereich) is into force. Meaning that primarily ALL electrical and electronic equipment has to be registered according to the electronic law…
