ElektroG 1 Waste Management Objectives

ElektroG 1 Waste Management Objectives

(1) The Act sets out producer responsibility requirements for electrical and electronic equipment pursuant to Article 22 of the Closed Substance Cycle and Waste Management Act (KrW-/AbfG). Its main purpose is to prevent waste from electrical and electronic equipment and to promote reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery to reduce both the volume of waste for disposal and the inclusion in waste of harmful substances from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). By 31 December 2006, an
average of at least 4 kg per capita per year of WEEE must be collected separately from private households.

(2) The German government shall assess the impacts on waste management of the provisions in Sections 9 to 13 no later than five years after the entry into force of this Act. The German government shall report the results of this assessment to the German Bundestag and Bundesrat.