Household WEEE (Obligation on producers)
The WEEE Regulations request producers to report evidence to show that they have complied with their obligations to finance treatment, recovery and responsible end disposal (collected and treated at authorised treatment facilities) of household WEEE allocated to them.
Producers must also report evidence to show they have met the WEEE Directive’s recovery and reuse/recycling targets.
The WEEE Regulations provide a general obligation on producers, or their compliance schemes, to report compliance with these obligations by the end of each compliance period. It is proposed that producers or their compliance schemes should report evidence at the end of each quarter to the National Clearing House (NCH), which will use this data to update their allocation.
WEEE from products sold to business users
The Government is obliged under the WEEE Directive to report data on all separately collected WEEE to the European Commission.
Producers – Obligations for the financing of WEEE explains how the obligations are divided between producers and business endusers.
Where producers have responsibility for WEEE associated with business-to-business sales they have an obligation to report evidence to show its collection, treatment at authorised treatment facilities, and recovery or reuse to the Directive’s target percentages.
Business endusers have this reporting obligation in circumstances where they have the responsibility for end-of-life management.
The data to be reported should cover the weight of the equipment, according to the Directive’s product categories. The Government is considering whether to require this data to be reported on an annual basis, by 31 January (covering the previous calendar year), to the NCH. In this context, the NCH will act as a “one stop shop” for all data reporting on WEEE.