Discard with care
13 September 2012
Upcoming regulations on collecting and recycling electrical equipment could add to companies’ costs and workloads unless they take action now. Marcus Austin explains
Purchasers in the UK could soon be forced to consider a new expense: recycling their organisation’s electrical goods. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive, which requires companies to take responsibility for recycling these goods, should take effect by January. And failure to comply with the new law could lead to unlimited fines and even a...