WEEE Thought it was excellent

30th, November 2006

Some of the regions top organisations including Domnick Hunter Parker Hannisin Ltd, Yorkshire Water, Phoenix Beatty and Jarvis Rail proved they are ahead of the game by attending a business seminar in Northumberland this week to address the issue of the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive.

The seminar, hosted by Gateshead based Weeeco, is part of a series of seminars designed to educate businesses about the impact of the upcoming UK WEEE legislation changes regarding the WEEE Directive. As of January 1^st 2007, all organisations and/or institutions will be classed as B2B (business to business) end users of non household WEEE and will therefore be responsible for the proper disposal of historic WEEE. Legally, business will have to have a WEEE Policy in place to fulfill their responsibilities by 1^st April 2007 (1^st July 07 for public sector) but many organisations are unaware of or confused about the legislation. “Before attending the Weeeco seminar, we were not aware of our responsibilities and the time scales for putting them into action. The seminar was very informative and we fully understand out responsibilities now,” said Peter Carvers, Project Manager at Interserve FM.

Vince Eckerman, WEEE expert and representative for Weeeco, spoke about the reasoning behind the introduction of WEEE legislation – the problems of today’s ‘throw away’ society will cause landfill sites to become out of control because of the amount of waste we throw away. He discussed the different implications of the legislation for businesses, manufacturers, and for the public sector and talked about the different solutions available. Barry Groves, from We3 Recycled Ltd, is a logistics expert and advised delegates about procurement and how the legislation impacts on the purchasing of electrical goods in the future.

The majority of attendees were at the seminar for one of three reasons: to learn about the WEEE Directive, to learn about procurement, and for 14001 Quality Assurance (which is required if you are to have a sound environmental policy in place). “In the past we’ve only had to deal with clinical waste but electrical waste is a new area of waste which we have not had to deal with before. The Weeeco seminar was very informative,” commented Mavis McGrath, Head of Environmental Services for The Nuffield Hospital. “It was one of the best, most practical courses I’ve ever been on,” added George Knowling, Contract Manager for SRM Ltd working with Shasun Pharma Solutions.

VFE

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