Formation of the European Electronics Recyclers Association

Archiv – Six leading European electronics recycling companies have joined forces to form the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA). The member companies – Coolrec, Immark, MIREC, R-plus, Sims Group U.K. and Stena Technoworld – have been active in electronics recycling for many years in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the U.K., France and Switzerland.Six leading European electronics recycling companies have joined forces to form the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA). The member companies – Coolrec, Immark, MIREC, R-plus, Sims Group U.K. and Stena Technoworld – have been active in electronics recycling for many years in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the U.K., France and Switzerland.
The formation of this non-profit association to represent the interests of Europe’s waste electrical and electronic (WEEE) recyclers is indeed timely, according to the new organisation. Transposition of the EU’€™s WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC into national legislation is at various stages throughout the different member states, while producers and importers of electronic and electrical equipment are organising take-back schemes to meet their legal obligations.
EERA’€™s objectives include working to harmonise national and international regulations on WEEE recycling ’to obtain a free market for demand and supply of services’€™. EERA also plans to promote electronics recycling industry in the EU political arena as well as call for environmentally-sound operating practices in relation to WEEE recycling. One of the new association’€™s task forces is already drafting a policy paper on rules for monitoring compliance.
Membership of the association is open to Europe-based companies that treat and process WEEE in line with the association’€™s code of conduct.
EERA, led by Executive Secretary Norbert Zonneveld, is based in Arnhem, The Netherlands, Phone: +31 26 3702-008, Fax: +31 26 3702-007, E-mail: [email protected]