EU moves to clean up e-waste
Society’s need for the new spurs recycling initiatives to stave off growing mountain of waste.
Published On 14 Jul 2012
Europe’s throw-away culture is producing a mountain of electrical waste but from 2016, European Union countries will be required to recycle discarded appliances.
From 2016 – for every hundred tonnes of electrical items put on the market during the previous three years, member countries will have to collect and recycle 45 tonnes of e-waste. This target will go up again in 2019.
Al Jazeera’s Emma Hayward reports from southern England.
Source: Al Jazeera