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Waste Electrical
and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE)
I.D. Pulford
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is a rapidly growing category of
waste material, which has been of particular concern over the last decade due to risks
to human health and environmental contamination resulting from some of the toxic
components used in its manufacture. This has been especially the case in countries
of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), where
the market for such goods is continually inundated with new models and therefore,
turnover rates, and hence disposal rates, are high. Legislation has been quickly put
in place in ...