Re: European Difficulty - Re: Houston surplus parts store ?

From: truegridtz (marko_at_hal-pc.org)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 04:59:12 -0500

"Airy R. Bean" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:2pge68Fk4nq5U4@uni-berlin.de...
> This will become an increasing problem in Yerp when the
> WEE Waste directive takes hold - no company will be able to
> dispose of old electronic eqpt other than through a licensed
> waste operator, who must in his turn be able to show that he
> has passed it on to similarly licensed people.
>
> Scrap electronics will become a thing of the past for the enthusiast.

This from a summary of the WEE:

"The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) aims to
minimise the impacts of electrical and electronic equipment on the
environment during their life times and when they become waste. It applies
to a huge spectrum of products. It encourages and sets criteria for the
collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and
electronic equipment. It makes producers responsible for financing most of
these activities (producer responsibility). Private householders are to be
able to return WEEE without charge."

Sounds like they are concerned with the same mess we have here with
computers and cells phones ending up in the dump.

Other WEEE info indicated that they are mainly concerned with dangerous
chemicles in batteries, etc. It does sound like the inspection process
would drive up the price of everything.

If they are trying to minimize the buildup of electronic waste as disposal
sites they would probably encourge surplus dealers to take what they could
sell. There is a limit to how much the dealers could pay for it. MH

>
> "David" <texas@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:0KnYc.64325$xi6.46905@fe2.texas.rr.com...
> > Alas, Houston has become a wasteland for electronics scrounging from
what
> > I've been able to tell.
>
>

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