International Association of Electronic Waste Producer Responsibility Organisations

Tackling the e-waste challenge

06/05/2022

#PROsAtWork ECOTIC and other Spanish PROs launch the second edition of ‘Sustainable Digitization’ with the aim of reducing the digital divide

ECOTIC is one of the main WEEE Producer Responsibility Organizations in Spain and within Europe. With more than 850 member producers, as well as distributors, installers, and waste facilities, it has already accumulated more than 1 million tonnes of financed…

22/04/2022

#PROsAtWork FOTOKIKLOSI S.A. teach circularity to the youngest generations in Greece

FOTOKIKLOSI S.A. is a non-profit collective scheme for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) management in Greece, approved by the Hellenic Recycling Agency of the Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy. FOTOKIKLOSI S.A. has the ability and know-how to manage…

18/03/2022

#PROsAtWork ECOTIC Spain gives new impulse to its Ecoinstallers program

With more than 1 million tons of WEEE financed and managed since the beginning of its activities in 2005, and more than 850 affiliated producers, as well as distributors, installers and waste managers, ECOTIC has established itself as one of…

17/03/2022

Global issues call for global solutions: the WEEE Forum expands with five new members

The WEEE Forum continues to make a real impact as an international association that brings together Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) from across the world. It is the only organisation of its kind, that focusses on electronic waste matters. Continuing its…

04/03/2022

#PROsAtWork Environ investigates on the Romanian’s habits towards e-waste

Asociația Environ is a non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in September 2007 by four producers of electrical and electronic appliances in order to comply with the legal obligations imposed by the WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC, regarding the collecting process, treatment, recycling…

18/02/2022

#PROsAtWork REPIC UK pitch in beach clean

Organised by REPIC, the largest household waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme in the UK, working with East Lothian Council, the WEEE scheme recruited local volunteers from its treatment partners to lend a helping hand. Employees from…

09/02/2022

A UK WEEE matching system: a feasibility study

Research commissioned by Material Focus and to which the WEEE Forum has contributed, has identified that the introduction of a “matching” system could bring benefits to the UK WEEE system. The research “A UK WEEE Matching System: A feasibility study…

04/02/2022

#PROsAtWork SENS eRecycling, Switzerland: Electro Bag gives your electrical appliances a second life

Electro Bag: Give your electrical appliances a second life After the successful pilot project in the cities of Zurich and Bern in 2020, the Electro Bag is now coming to Geneva. With the new, reusable take-back bag, worn-out electrical appliances…

31/01/2022

The WEEE Forum is recruiting a half-time Administrative Assistant

The WEEE Forum a.i.s.b.l. is an international association speaking for forty-five not-for-profit organisations across the globe that manage the collection and treatment of electronic waste. Together with our members on the five continents, we are at the forefront of tackling…

21/01/2022

#PROsAtWork Electrão Portugal: SOS call for the fridges lost in the parallel market

Electrão was founded on April 27, 2005, by 60 of the major producers of electrical and electronic equipment in the Portuguese market. It was the first organization to manage WEEE in Portugal and the only one that, today, manages three…

International E-Waste Day

WEEE Flows report

Members

28.5mt

of WEEE collected

14 October 2022 | International E-Waste Day

Recycle it all, no matter how small!

This year, the main focus of International E-Waste Day will be those small electrical devices that we no longer use but keep in drawers and cupboards or often toss in the general waste bin.

Last year, 172 organisations from 78 countries participated in #ewasteday by organising awareness raising activities. See how you can be part of it this October.

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WEEE Flows report and WEEE Forum's vision paper

After nearly two decades since the creation of EU legislation on WEEE and despite huge effort and advancement, most Member States have not reached the WEEE collection targets.

The United Nations Institute for Training and Research highlights in its latest study the factors that impede formal/official collection and concludes that, in order to achieve the minimum collection rate, Member States have to divert a high proportion of WEEE that currently goes unreported. In its vision paper, based on UNITAR's report, the WEEE Forum lays out four vital steps that need to be taken to ensure the system is fair and achievable and conveys its vision for the future of Extended Producer Responsibility.

Our members

There are currently 46 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 foundation, the producer responsibility organisations of the WEEE Forum have collected, de-polluted and recycled or sent for preparation for re-use 28.5 million tonnes of WEEE. More than 3 million tonnes of this was collected in 2020.

In addition, our members operate over 114,000 WEEE collection points and two thirds of them are market leaders in their countries.