The Working Groups (WG) of the WEEE Forum are established for members and cover common themes across members. These form a fairly permanent structure and develop operational tools. WG CO2, for example, seeks to harmonise the methodologies to identify the CO2 savings associated with recycling and proper treatment; WG Scope developed a tool to assess the scope of legislation; WG Collection delivered a platform to compile examples of best collection practices and campaigns; and WG Communication allows members to share and build experience in communicating messages to stakeholders.
The thematic Task Forces in the WEEE Forum co-ordinate on issues of current concern and deliver punctual results.
At present, existing Task Forces and Working groups address topics such as:
- Plastics arising from WEEE recycling and brominated flame retardants in plastics. Monitoring of upcoming legislation around persistent organic pollutants (POP);
- Management of cathode ray tubes (CRT) in television sets and flat screens;
- Scope of WEEE legislation;
- Management and collection of photovoltaic panels;
- Scavenging and measures to counter scavenging;
- WEEE collected with mixed metal scrap;
- Estimations of WEEE flows and statistics to monitor performance;
- Collection practices to improve volumes and condition of WEEE;
- Standards on WEEE;
- Environmental impact.
Working Groups and Task Forces are open to our members only.