Key issues for businesses - Producers of EEE
A producer of EEE is defined as any company that manufactures, imports or resells EEE under their own brand. Companies falling within this definition have a responsibility to ensure the equipment and its components are treated, reused and/or recycled.
Producers of EEE must join a producer compliance scheme who will register them with the Environment Agency or other appropriate regulator. A list of approved compliance schemes can be found on NetRegs.
There are two financing operations in place, household WEEE and non-household WEEE (e.g. Business to Business). For household WEEE, a company will pay a fee to the compliance scheme which will relate to the cost of collection, treatment, recovery, and disposal it will equate to the amount of EEE the company place on the market.
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