20 days until digital waste tracking is mandatoryThe guide

WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

The short answer

Anything that ran on a plug or a battery, once somebody throws it out. It is collected and treated separately from ordinary waste, and the manufacturer or importer is legally obliged to fund the recycling.

In practice

The categories run from large household appliances through IT and display equipment to lamps and tools, and some of them carry their own hazards: fridges have refrigerant gases, screens have their own treatment route, and anything with a battery has a fire risk in a compactor.

The obligation is settled with evidence notes, which only an Approved Authorised Treatment Facility or an Approved Exporter can issue.

Where LoadSnap touches it

LoadSnap classifies, tracks and files electrical waste like any other stream, and issues certificates of destruction where data-bearing equipment was destroyed. Evidence notes come from the treatment facility, not from us.

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