EERA Position Statement

The European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA) is a non-profit trade organisation and are the voice of our Members in the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) sector on the continent of Europe. Members represent the leading collection, recycling, and specialist reprocessing operators, including nine EERA Members that have large-scale and commercial plastic treatment operations.

EERA understands and supports the necessity to progressively phase out persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as this is a key enabler to transition towards a non-toxic world and for cleaner recycling cycles for plastics waste. This benefits the European circular economy and the plastics recycling industry as more waste can be recycled into new products. However, this must be on an equal status not only within the European Union, but on plastics recycling overseas, and the use of recovered plastics in new electronic and electric equipment (EEE) being placed on the European market.