Electronic Retailers In Europe Now Required To Take Back Old Goods

Qedward writes with this excerpt about the EU approach to E-waste: "A European Union law that will require all large electronic retailers to take back old equipment came into force yesterday. The new rules are part of a shake-up of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive and will gradually be implemented across the EU over the next seven years. Waste electrical and electronic equipment, or WEEE, is one the fastest growing waste streams in the EU, but currently only one-third of electrical and electronic waste is separately collected and appropriately treated. Systematic collection and proper treatment is essential for recycling materials like gold, silver, copper and rare metals in used TVs, laptops and mobile phones."

Indeed

[MRe_nl]

I am a Jobs-Creator and my new venture in the Congo will surely suffer due to this Communist legislation. Think of the little black employees!

Gabriel Mzungu,
senior VP Heart of Darkness Recycling Technologies

Re:All our resources are still here

[Anonymous Coward]

Basic reading comprehension is definitely on the decline.

Yeah, but who would read Basic these days anyway? You should care more about the Python reading comprehension. :-)