International Association of Electronic Waste Producer Responsibility Organisations
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When the world goes on an e-waste hunt – over 160 organisations celebrated International E-Waste Day
14 October 2025 | International E-Waste Day
Recycle your e-waste – it’s critical!
As the demand for smartphones, electric vehicles, solar panels, and other technology continues to surge, so does the need for the materials that make them work. This year, International E-Waste Day – taking place on 14 October 2025 – will spotlight Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), the elements that are mined in only a handful of countries and that are crucial to foster the green and digital transition.
Our members
There are currently 50 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.
Collected WEEE
Since the foundation of the WEEE Forum in 2002, its producer responsibility organisations have collected, de-polluted and recycled or sent for preparation for re-use 44.9 million tonnes of WEEE. More than 3.3 million tonnes of this was collected in 2023.
In addition, our members operate over 200,000 WEEE collection points and two thirds of them are market leaders in their countries.
Towards more meaningful and robust WEEE management targets
Directive (EU) 2024/884 requires the Commission to “assess the need for a revision of this Directive and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal in that respect, accompanied by a thorough socioeconomic and environmental impact assessment”, no later than 31 December 2026. To support the European Commission in defining achievable as well as ambitious targets that foster the circular economy, the WEEE Forum seeks to formulate recommendations on potential future targets for WEEE collection and on the method to calculate the collection rate, supportive of the circular economy. These recommendations thus also fit in the scope of the new Circular Economy Act that the Commission plans to adopt in 2026..