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WEEE is Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and covers a wide range of equipment which all contain important materials that can be recycled.
All WEEE goods have the crossed wheelie bin symbol on them, a reminder that they must be disposed of in a sustainable way and not go to landfill.
Lighting equipment covered by the WEEE regulations
- Compact Fluorescent Lamps - CFLs, more commonly known as low-energy or energy-saving light bulbs
- Fluorescent tubes
- Metal halide lamps
- Mercury and blended lamps
- Sodium lamps, both high and low-pressure
- LEDs and organic LEDs (OLEDs)
The regulations cover most of the light bulbs used today both in offices, homes and outdoor applications, only filament lamps are excluded.
Electronic and electrical equipment covered by the WEEE regulations
These fall into ten categories, the list includes examples of goods in each category, you can find a full list on the Environment Agency website.
large household appliances - fridges, radiators and air conditioning appliances
- small household appliances - sewing machines, toasters and clocks
- IT and telecommunications equipment - computers and their accessories, calculators and phones
- consumer equipment - TVs, radios and musical instruments
- lighting equipment - fluorescent lamps and non-household luminaires
- electrical and electronic tools - drills, welding equipment and lawnmowers
- toys, leisure and sports equipment - electric train sets, video games and slot machines
- medical devices - dialysis machines, ventilators and radiotherapy equipment
- monitoring and control instruments - smoke detectors, thermostats and other instruments used in industrial installations
- automatic dispensers - drinks, food and money dispensers