Electrical equipment, Electronic components – Ukraine

The draft Law proposes to establish organisational, technical and environmental requirements for producers and economic operators involved in the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), including its collection, storage, transportation, recycling, recovery and disposal. The draft Law also provides for the introduction of an extended producer responsibility (EPR) system for electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), under which producers are responsible for the entire life cycle of their products, from the manufacture of products through to the collection and treatment of waste generated as a result of their use. The draft Law proposes to establish a WEEE management system by: defining the legal, economic and organisational framework for placing electrical and electronic equipment on the market; defining the methods and procedures for producers to fulfil their obligations; improving the general characteristics of electrical and electronic equipment to facilitate the dismantling and recovery of WEEE; applying the waste management hierarchy, including waste prevention, preparation for reuse, recycling and recovery, to WEEE; establishing requirements for the collection, storage, transportation and treatment, including recycling, of WEEE; establishing minimum collection and recycling efficiency targets for WEEE; establishing requirements for producers to take measures to raise public awareness of environmental protection, promote responsible consumption…