International Association of Electronic Waste Producer Responsibility Organisations

Tackling the e-waste challenge

24/11/2023

#PROsAtWork | WEEE: Where did it go?

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) covers all equipment and devices needing electric currents to function properly –such as refrigerators, washing machines, smartphones, vacuum cleaners but also light bulbs, tablets, PC mouses, headphones, etc. –and that we decide to throw…

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13/11/2023

Invisible e-waste unveiled – International E-Waste Day proves success once again!

According to UN, 8 kg of e-waste per person will be produced worldwide in 2023. This means 61.3 million tonnes of electronic waste discarded within a year – more than the weight of the Great Wall of China. Only 17.4…

10/11/2023

#PROsAtWork | CERES – Circular innovation Ecosystem REdesigning Skills

The CERES – Circular innovation Ecosystem REdesigning Skills project aims to educate on circular economy issues. The project funded by the Erasmus+ programme has ten international partners including universities, EPR consortia and associations, whose objective is to support the ecological…

03/11/2023

#PROsAtWork | One cycle, one brand: 30 years of UFH

Environmental pioneer celebrates its 30th anniversary Under the motto “30 years of circular economy”, the UFH Group celebrates its 30 years of existence. As a leading collection and recovery system in Austria, UFH combines state-of-the-art recycling with sustainable service in…

12/10/2023

‘Invisible’ E-Waste: Almost $10 Billion in Essential Raw Materials Recoverable in World’s Annual Mountain of Electronic Toys, Cables, Vapes & more

‘Invisible’ E-Waste: Almost $10 Billion in Essential Raw Materials Recoverable in World’s Annual Mountain of Electronic Toys, Cables, Vapes & more ‘Invisible’ E-Waste: Almost $10 Billion in Essential Raw Materials Recoverable in World’s Annual Mountain of Electronic…

11/10/2023

WEEE Forum’s response to the public consultation on the evaluation of WEEE legislation

The EU’s WEEE legislation, based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle, has enabled the creation of the world’s most extensive, comprehensive and innovative ecosystem of ‘actors’, practices, services and technologies. That ecosystem enables impactful awareness campaigns, provides for a…

29/09/2023

#PROsAtWork | Recalling Electrão’s art installation made of WEEE for IEWD 2022

Last year, each European household had, on average, 74 small electronic items, of which 13 were not used and four were broken. In 2022 only, the world generated about 24.5 million tons of small EEE, which is four times the…

19/09/2023

Exploring the role of Producer Responsibility Organisations in improving CRM recovery: highlights from the WEEE Forum’s General Assembly in Madrid

On 14-15 September 2023, the three Spanish PROs of the WEEE Forum: Fundación Ecolec, Fundación Ecotic and Recyclia, hosted the association’s General Assembly session in Madrid. Kicking off the shared agenda, WEEE Forum Members and ECOSWEEE partners joined a hybrid meeting to…

15/09/2023

You can recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable! Invisible e-waste in the spotlight of International E-Waste Day

You can recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable! Invisible e-waste in the spotlight of International E-Waste Day The 6th edition of International E-Waste Day will take place on 14 October, and this year’s focus is on an often-overlooked…

08/09/2023

#PROsAtWork | Ecotrel – Give a second life to your electrical and electronic devices

In 2019, Ecotrel launched its Social ReUse project in partnership with several municipality collection points to encourage the repair and reuse of electric and electronic equipment. Promoting social inclusion, the collected items such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners, coffee machines,…

20 years on

International E-Waste Day

Members

41.6mt

of WEEE collected

EPR Grand Challenge | 20 years on

The WEEE Forum turned 20 in 2022 and so did the WEEE Directive. Many reasons to celebrate, but also to reflect on the past and ponder the future.

On 7 December 2022, we gathered over 170 experts representing all the actors of the e-waste value chain at the WEEE Forum's EPR Grand Challenge Conference, to discuss the next steps for global EPR.

14 October 2023 | International E-Waste Day

195 companies from 55 countries took part in the celebrations!

International E-waste Day is a yearly awareness raising celebration initiated by the WEEE Forum and its members and takes place every year on 14th of October. It aims to highlight the growing issue of electronic waste and promote responsible e-waste management.

This year’s edition highlighted the issue of invisible e-waste - the electronic items that often go unrecognized and are not properly recycled within the appropriate waste stream.

Our members

There are currently 52 members of the WEEE Forum. These members are not-for-profit WEEE producer responsibility organisations (or ‘producer compliance schemes’) mainly in Europe, but we have recently expanded globally and are now pleased to include members from six different continents.

Our members represent electrical and electronic equipment manufacturers covering the whole spectrum of production from small electronic devices, such as cellphones, through to large household appliances like refrigerators and other large items, for example photovoltaic panels.

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Collected WEEE

Since their founding, the producer responsibility organisations of the WEEE Forum have collected, de-polluted and recycled or sent for preparation for re-use 41.6 million tonnes of WEEE. More than 3.1 million tonnes of this was collected in 2022.

In addition, our members operate over 183,000 WEEE collection points and two thirds of them are market leaders in their countries.