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� Producers must provide public waste management authorities with containers
for WEEE to be set up at collection points and must collect the containers in a
timely manner when a certain volume is reached in a WEEE group;
� Organizing the transport and treatment of WEEE from the public collection site
to the treatment facilities;
� Controlling whether old appliances can be reused;
� Removal of certain substances, according to the WEEE and ROHS Directive;
� Meeting recycling and recovery quotas for disposal;
� Informing consumers about the possibilities and the necessity of the sound
management of WEEE; and
� Reporting of relevant data to the clearing house.
21.2 Policy Context and Reason for Introduction
In contrast to most other types of waste, the amount of WEEE in Germany has
increased continuously over recent years. In 2006, 1.8 million tonnes of EEE was put
on the market in Germany (see Table 21-1).
Although collection systems for WEEE were in existence in the cities and counties
prior to introduction of the ElektroG, only 10 per cent of WEEE was collected and
recycled. The rest was mainly landfilled or thermally recovered in waste incinerators.
Across Germany, the collection system before the introduction of the ElektroG was
quite varied, with some cities collecting two types of WEEE-products and others
collecting as many as 20 types, and some cities charging for the collection of WEEE,
with others collecting free of charge.
The timetable for the introduction and development of the ElektroG policy proceeded
as follows:
� 1991: Draft of a German WEEE-Ordinance (Entwurf der Elektronikschrott-
Verordnung), which was updated and replaced by the ElektroG on 27 th
September 1994, with producer responsibility regulated in Art. 22 of the
Closed Substances and Recycling Act (Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz -
Krw-/AbfG);
� 2003: Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) and Directive 2002/95/EC 460 on the restriction of the use of certain
hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment requires that
Member States comply with the Directive by 13 th August 2004;
� 23 rd March 2005: ElektroG was formally adopted;
460 Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 th January 2003 on
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission relating to Article 9, Official Journal L 037, 13.02.2003, p. 24.
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