Summary
Under the WEEE Directive, the Government has to ensure that the UK has an adequate network of collection facilities for household WEEE. This is to minimise its disposal as unsorted municipal waste.
Designated Collection Facilities
The UK WEEE regulations don't place obligations on you in your capacity as a Waste Collection or Waste Disposal Authority.
However, because it's likely that most household WEEE will be collected via civic amenity sites, you can volunteer your amenity site as a Designated Collection Facility (DCF).
Becoming a DCF - what you need to know
- Once registered you'll have to comply with a code of practice. This requires minimum levels of separate storage at sites.
- You'll receive some funding from the distributor takeback scheme (DTS).
- You may need to modify the site's environmental permit, and you may also need new containers, signage and alterations to your site. Funding from the DTS will help meet some of these costs.
- You will not be responsible for treating or disposing of WEEE that arrives at your site.
- You can count the recycling of WEEE towards meeting your recycling targets under the waste strategies in force in the various parts of the UK.
- Your WEEE will be removed by producer compliance schemes for treatment without charge*.
*If your DCF does not have a legal agreement (or formal contract) with a producer compliance scheme you may still arrange for treatment of WEEE (and recoup the costs) through the evidence note system. These sites are known as unaligned DCFs.
As an un-aligned DCF you must send quarterly returns to us. You can do this using the template and guidance below.
Contact
Telephone our National Customer Contact Centre on 0370 8506506 or email us.
