Joint statement – Joint Priorities for an effective WEEE framework revision

The upcoming revision of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) framework and the new Circular Economy Act are an opportunity to make Europe’s circular economy a pillar of its industrial strategy. This paper brings together shared priorities from across the WEEE value chain, including producers, Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs), waste managers and recyclers around a common belief: a well-functioning WEEE system is one where every actor that handles WEEE has a clear role, a matching obligation, and the means to meet it, under rules that are proportionate and enforceable.

Today, too much WEEE leaves the authorised chain — lost to informal collection, scavenging, illegal export, or substandard treatment — at a cost to the environment and waste prevention, to the competitiveness of compliant operators, and to Europe’s access to the critical raw materials its industry needs. The priorities set out below are the conditions required to reach our common objective: a WEEE framework that collects more and more efficiently, keeps material within authorised and traceable channels, and delivers secondary raw materials of a quality that European industry can rely on.

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