By Kelly Arnold, 27 July 2004 15:45
NEWS New European legislation that governs how businesses dispose of their old PCs - which was due to become law next month - has been delayed until October, the Department of Trade and Industry has confirmed.
The European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive instructs all businesses to recycle old IT and telecoms equipment or make sure it's disposed of safely.
The directive was supposed to become law in the UK on 13 August, 2004, following a consultation on recycling issues with the IT industry.
Due to delay in the publication of draft regulations and guidelines, which the DTI had promised would be ready in spring, the consultation process has yet to begin.
The DTI said the directive should now be incorporated in legislation by the end of October, following the three-month discussion, with businesses needing to comply with the legislation by July 2005.
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1. Buster Allen
This WEEE is soppy. The objective of the Directive is to recover and recycle 4 KG per capita. We in the UK alrewady do. Therefore all this legislation is yet another waste of tax payers money. Oh yes, and will all 25 states of the EU comply - answer, of course not.