recycling Archive

ELV directive or car recycling

Today I shall talk about another waste directive, the one dealing with vehicles, commonly known as the ELV directive, or directive 2000/53/EC. Similarly to the WEEE directive, the ELV directive promotes waste reduction, sets progressive recovery and recycling targets and puts responsibility on vehicles producers

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Europe, waste and legislation

A bit lost about the legal status of your rubbish? Believe me, you are not alone! The European Union has many different directives legislating the “waste” issue

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WEEE and RoHS: How they affected plastics in electronics?

How the electronics market is changing its approach to sustainability, forced mainly by legislation like WEEE and RoHS. When talking about electronics, many products are included: mobiles, computers, DVD and CD players, etc

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