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Your WEEE responsibilities

Find out how the WEEE regulations affect you.

How do the WEEE regulations affect me?

If you're an importer, rebrander or manufacturer of new electrical or electronic equipment then it's likely you'll need to comply with the UK's WEEE Regulations.

If you do need to comply you must join a producer compliance scheme.

Additional obligations

You may also have obligations under the WEEE Regulations if you're a business with electrical or electronic equipment to dispose of, or if you sell electrical or electronic equipment.

Our role

Our role is to provide information and advice on complying with the WEEE Regulations to producers of Electrical or Electronic Equipment (EEE) and the waste management industry.

More information

  • Importers, rebranders and manufacturers

    If you are a producer of electrical or electronic equipment (EEE), you are likely to have responsibilities under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations.

  • Operators of producer compliance schemes

    Find out how producer compliance schemes work and how they can help you navigate through the WEEE Regulations.

  • Information for the waste management industry

    The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation affects businesses in the waste management industry that want to set up WEEE approved treatment facilities (ATFs) and export WEEE for re-use overseas.

  • Retailers

    What retailers who sell electrical and electronic equipment need to know about the WEEE Regulations

  • Business users

    Find out about the new responsibilities on businesses that produce waste under the WEEE Regulations

  • Householders

    Find out how the WEEE Regulations affect households

  • Local authorities

    FInd out how the WEEE Regulations affect local authorities