8 years of experience under WEEE regulation across Europe – Photovoltaic panels versus EEE : An opportunity to make an assessment

PV CYCLE presents its assessment of the WEEE Directive 2012/19/EU During the past eight years, PV CYCLE, as the first voluntary collective take-back system (2007-2013) and the first and only collective take-back system fully dedicated to photovoltaic panels with WEEE compliance services across multiple countries in the European Union, has observed that photovoltaic panels and…

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Joint take-back and recycling scheme for Japanese PV market

PV CYCLE and AKITA PRTDO create PV CYCLE JAPAN Brussels, June 30, 2021 PV CYCLE aisbl and the Akita Prefectural Resources Technology Development Organization (Akita PRTDO) announced today the creation of PV CYCLE Japan for the collective management of discarded photovoltaic panels, which introduces a sustainable concept for the end of life management of photovoltaic panels…

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FOUNDATION OPEN BUNDLES ALL PRODUCERS OF EEE IN THE NETHERLANDS AS FROM 1 JANUARY 2021

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT PRODUCERS ARE TO IMPROVE THE ORGANISATION OF THE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING OF THEIR DISCARDED APPLIANCES (E-WASTE). A NEW MANAGEMENT BODY, THE NETHERLANDS PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY E-WASTE ORGANISATION FOUNDATION (STICHTING OPEN), WILL FOCUS ON ENSURING THE LEGAL OBJECTIVES ARE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ACHIEVED ON BEHALF OF ALL PRODUCERS. IN THE COMING YEARS, PRODUCERS FACE THE CHALLENGE OF…

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PHOTOVOLTAIC WASTE FROM AFRICA AND CENTRAL AMERICA PROCESSED IN EUROPE

“PV CYCLE GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP FULFILLS ITS COMMITMENTS” russels, August 9 – 2019 End of 2017 PV CYCLE launched PV CYCLE GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP to ensure a complete life cycle of solar panels put on the market beyond the WEEE territories. Within merely one and a half years, PV CYCLE shows its capability and determination in the international PV waste management by collecting…

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