The EU Parliament reached a consensus this week on the long-awaited proposal for a regulation on batteries and waste batteries that was initially tabled in December 2020. The new Regulation aims at promoting circular economy and reducing the environmental and social impact throughout all stages of the battery life cycle. The most significant ...

Decree 2023-266 of 12 April 2023 setting the objectives and modalities for the reuse and re-employment of IT equipment decommissioned by the state and local authorities was published in the French official journal on 14 April, with entry into force on the following day. The current decree reaffirms the national intention to reduce the carbon ...

Members of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel Convention, held in Geneva in June 2022, adopted the so-called Ghana-Switzerland proposal that was tabled early 2021. The landmark amendments aim at tightening the reins on the transboundary movement of all electronic waste, whether hazardous or not. Amongst the most noteworthy ...

The Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization (SASO) published an announcement in the Saudi official gazette no. 4917, on 14. January 2022 introducing new implementation deadlines for the electrical and electronic product groups under the Technical Regulation for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic ...

On March 11, 2020, the European Commission published the Circular Economy Action Plan in the context of the European Green Deal. The plan includes measures along the entire life cycle of products with the aim of enhancing the EU-green economy and strengthening competitiveness while protecting the environment and giving consumers new rights. The ...