Test and Tag can recycle old electrical appliances free of charge helping to free up storage spaces and keep a safer environment for working.
In 2005 the EU introduced new legislation to deal with Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). The purpose of this legislation is to ensure that old electrical and electronic equipment is recycled or reused rather than disposed in landfill sites (dumps). Another aim of the legislation is to encourage better design of electrical and electronic products to ensure that they can be recycled easily and more efficiently. The WEEE directive was transposed into Irish Law in SI 340 Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005.
In December 2008, the European Commission proposed to revise the Directive in order to tackle the fast increasing waste stream. The new WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU entered into force on 13 August 2012 and became effective on 14 February 2014.
