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title: WEEE
lang: en
type: notion
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  - notion
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source_fr: conduite/ese/deee.md
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**WEEE** (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, *DEEE* in French) is the regulated route for the **collection, treatment and recycling** of electrical and electronic equipment at end of life, symbolised by the crossed-out wheelie bin printed on products.

## In the project

The WEEE directive mainly sheds light on the **end of life** of a system: thinking about **demountability** and material separation from the design stage onwards makes recycling easier. It is one angle of [[ecoconception-en|eco-design]] (favouring connectors over solder for anything meant to be replaced, keeping the board modular) rather than a certification constraint for a one-off prototype.

*Producer obligations (compliance schemes, collection rates, extended producer responsibility) belong to the **standards course** and to the ESE discipline. This wiki keeps what they imply for demountable design.*

## See also

- [[rohs-en|RoHS]] and [[reach-en|REACH]] — the neighbouring environmental regulations
- [[ecoconception-en|Eco-design]] — demountability and end of life
- [[securite-et-qualite-en|Safety and quality]] — recording the standards involved
- **Standards course** (colleagues) — collection schemes and obligations