Updated: EU's proposed WEEE revisions signal eWaste crackdown

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Potential toughening of EU eWaste could impose minimum recycling targets on IT manufacturers and force them to crank up take back schemes

The European Commission today issued proposed revisions to the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, which would significantly toughen the much criticised legilsation by imposing...

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