WEEE is waste electrical and electronic equipment: computers, monitors, printers, fridges, kettles, lamps, anything with a plug, a cable or a battery. Under the WEEE Regulations 2013 it cannot go in general waste; it must be collected separately for reuse or recycling. Office clearances route it through a specialist partner, with data wiped on IT equipment.
Defined in the Commercial Waste Glossary.
Related: How Do You Dispose of WEEE?.
Other terms
- Fly-tipping
- Waste carrier licence
- SIC code
- Dry mixed recycling
- Anaerobic digestion
- Waste transfer note
- EWC codes
- Waste hierarchy
- Transfer station
- General waste
- Digital waste tracking
- Energy from waste
- Simpler Recycling
- Landfill tax
- POPs
- Commercial waste
- Wait and load
- Trade waste
- Hazardous waste consignment note
- Materials recovery facility
- Duty of care
- Residual waste
- List of Waste code
- Controlled waste
- Upper tier waste carrier
- Pre-paid sack
- Section 34
- Annual waste transfer note
- All terms