<P> The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community Directive 2012 / 19 / EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) which, together with the RoHS Directive 2002 / 95 / EC, became European Law in February 2003 . The WEEE Directive set collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical goods, with a minimum rate of 4 kilograms per head of population per annum recovered for recycling by 2009 . The RoHS Directive set restrictions upon European manufacturers as to the material content of new electronic equipment placed on the market . </P> <P> The symbol adopted by the European Council to represent waste electrical and electronic equipment comprises a crossed - out wheelie bin with or without a single black line underneath the symbol . The black line indicates that goods have been placed on the market after 2005, when the Directive came into force . Goods without the black line were manufactured between 2002 and 2005 . In such instances, these are treated as "historic WEEE" and falls outside reimbursement via producer compliance schemes . </P>

European union's waste electrical electronic equipment (weee) directive
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