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"New WEEE deadline is realistic",
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the trade association for the UK hitech industry, has today welcomed the DTI's announcement that collection and recycling of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) will be the responsibility of manufacturers from June 2006. Speaking following the announcement John Higgins, Intellect's Director General said "The WEEE Directive poses major practical challenges. We therefore welcome the DTI's decision to postpone the implementation date for the WEEE Directive until June 2006, as we'd prefer to delay implementation and get it right than be faced with a situation which is unworkable." "As we now move to implementation of the WEEE Regulation we consider it even more vital that the Environment Agency and Government Departments pay attention to Industry's calls for National Clearing House scheme. Manufacturers of WEEE products consider a National Clearing House Scheme to be the only viable option. It will enable them to effectively spread the financial load, thereby limiting the ultimate cost felt by the consumer." Intellect is the trade association for the UK IT, Telecommunications and Electronics industries in the UK. It represents a membership of over 1000 companies, spanning blue-chip multinationals to early stage technology companies, within an industry that together contributes around 10% of UK GDP and at least 15% of total UK trade. |
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