EERA supports green-listing suitable non-hazardous WEEE and related recyclates to enable efficient recycling across Europe. Clear and harmonised rules are essential to ensure consistent implementation, avoid divergent interpretations between Member States and allow materials to reach specialised recycling facilities without unnecessary barriers.

European recycling value chains depend on materials moving efficiently between specialised facilities across Member States. In this joint statement, EERA and seven European industry associations support the Commission's Green-Listing Initiative and call for greater legal clarity to ensure that suitable non-hazardous waste can move efficiently for recycling while supporting Europe's secondary raw materials market.

A call to ban single-use e-cigarettes across the European Union, UK and EEA was made by eight European industry organisations. The joint statement highlights the growing waste and recycling challenges created by disposable e-cigarettes, including embedded lithium batteries, fire risks, loss of valuable materials and difficulties in ensuring proper collection and recycling

Europe’s ambition to remove persistent organic pollutants from material cycles requires rules that are measurable and compatible with circular economy objectives. In this 2024 position paper, EERA warned that lower UTC limits for PBDEs could restrict WEEE plastics recycling before reliable testing methods are available. EERA recommended a 500 mg/kg limit, with any reduction to 200 mg/kg taking effect no earlier than 1 January 2030.

This 2023 assessment, prepared by Eunomia Research & Consulting for EERA and the EERA Greek Committee, examined WEEE collection, treatment, reporting and costs in Greece. It identified challenges including collection rates below EU targets, producer free-riding, scavenging, complex reporting and enforcement gaps, and proposed measures to strengthen compliant collection and high-quality recycling.

In March 2023, the European Battery Recycling Association (EBRA) announced that Julie-Ann Adams would succeed Alain Vassart as Secretary General following his retirement at the end of the year. The appointment brought together Julie-Ann's experience in WEEE and battery legislation, producer responsibility, recycling and technical standards, while strengthening the connection between two closely aligned European recycling sectors.

Reducing persistent organic pollutants is essential, but regulatory limits must be measurable and technically achievable. In its 2022 statement, EERA warned that lower UTC limits for PBDEs could restrict WEEE plastics recycling. We called for a stable 500 mg/kg limit for at least three years, allowing time to develop and validate more robust testing methods.

Cross-border shipments allow e-waste and recovered materials to reach specialist recycling facilities, but lengthy approvals, inconsistent procedures and high costs can create unnecessary barriers. In this 2022 joint response, EERA and FEAD called for a more harmonised, digital and risk-based approach to e-waste shipments, including faster procedures for pre-consented facilities.

In 2022, EERA responded to the European Commission’s evaluation of the WEEE Directive, calling for greater harmonisation across Europe, stronger collection and treatment requirements, mandatory treatment standards and better recycling targets. We highlighted how inconsistent national implementation created unequal conditions and called for an EU framework that rewards high-quality recycling.

Small electrical products may be easy to overlook, but together they represent a significant share of global e-waste. For International E-Waste Day 2022, EERA highlighted the problem of small electrical products being discarded with general waste or left unused in European households, preventing valuable raw materials from being recovered. EERA also invited its Members across Europe to share the recycling message through a photo competition, won by Ecoreset in Greece.

Moving plastic waste efficiently across the EU helps recyclers access sufficient feedstock and direct materials to the most appropriate treatment facilities. In this 2022 coalition position, EERA and five European industry associations called for harmonised pre-consent rules, faster notifications, lower financial burdens and digitalised waste shipment procedures

Treating waste containing ozone-depleting substances requires specialist capacity, effective enforcement and clear responsibility for treatment costs. In this 2022 position statement, we set out the conditions needed to expand compliant treatment, prevent ODS emissions and support investment in appropriate recycling infrastructure

We want more plastics from WEEE to be recovered and returned to the market as secondary raw materials. This position paper sets out our recommendations on POP BFR thresholds, technical feasibility, investment and the need to bring more WEEE plastics into proper collection and recycling channels.

EERA and EBRA's 2022 Joint Position Statement set out recommendations for a more harmonised and proportionate EU waste shipment framework, covering specialist recycling, waste classification, financial guarantees, pre-consented facilities, digitalisation and controls on illegal shipments and exports outside the EU

EERA's fact sheet explains the implications of Low POP Content and Unintentional Trace Contaminant thresholds for BFR-containing WEEE plastics, including material flows, sorting, recycling capacity and innovation.

Different interpretations of the WEEE Directive created unequal operating conditions for recyclers across Europe. In this 2022 position paper, we called for an EU WEEE Regulation with more harmonised requirements for product design, collection, treatment, waste shipments and recycling targets.

The NSRR Fast Track Notifications Working Group's 2022 consultation response set out proposals to simplify intra-EU shipments to pre-consented recovery facilities through harmonised criteria, faster notification procedures, digitalisation, simpler waste classification and proportionate financial guarantees.

EERA's IERC 2022 conference paper examines how better collection, advanced recycling technologies, producer-recycler collaboration and stable regulation can increase the circularity of plastics from WEEE.

Joint statement calling for batteries in electrical and electronic products to be removable and replaceable throughout a product's lifetime. The signatories argued that better battery access would support repair and longer product lifetimes, while enabling safer removal at end-of-life and improving the collection, treatment and recycling of waste batteries and WEEE.

Lithium batteries create fire risks across the WEEE and waste battery value chains. Developed by industry associations and the insurance sector, this practical guide provides good-practice recommendations for collection, logistics, storage, preparation for reuse, WEEE treatment and battery recycling, helping operators strengthen fire prevention, emergency planning and the safe handling of waste lithium batteries.