At long last, all WEEE producer compliance schemes for 2007 are now believed to have sufficient evidence to meet required obligations. The information has yet to be verified before compliance is confirmed. If the data is confirmed, civic amenity sites and local authorities should be eligible to receive the outstanding funds they are owed for services provided during the 2007 compliance period.
While the issues surrounding the 2007 compliance period have been effectively dealt with, concerns remain that next year will see a recurring problem.
Edward Cooke, of producer compliance scheme WeeeLink, said that the potential for recurring problems could undermine the quality of the WEEE system among schemes, councils, producers, and treatment facilities.
“It has to be resolved,” he said. “BERR has taken it upon itself to do that, and it’s failed. Every month that this carries on, it drains confidence out of the system.
“There is frustration everywhere that one issue is taking up our regulators’ time,” he added.
Valpak, who has met its obligations for the 2007 compliance period, welcomes intervention by the Government to ensure that all schemes that were originally declared non-compliant took the appropriate measures to ensure they were able to meet their 2007 compliance obligations.
“I’m obviously pleased that the government has taken steps to ensure that the other schemes fell into line,” Valpak’s commercial manager, Duncan Simpson. “The fact that it’s there and it’s being done is to the benefit of the system.”
To learn more, go to: ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/weee_index.htm
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