European Directives WEEE and RoHS
WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
In line with its care for nature Gorenje has been preparing to meet the requirements of the new WEEE European Directive (2002/96/EC). This Directive regulates handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment, which puts the liability for such equipment after its useful life to the manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment. Gorenje has been preparing to elaborate the recycling project for the entire Slovenia for all categories of waste electrical and electronic equipment stipulated in the Directive, within the time windows and requirements of the WEEE, and offer them to all committed entities. In other countries where Gorenje sells its products, the commitments from the WEEE Directive will be realized by entering the particular national systems of handling waste electrical and electronic equipment. RoHS: Restriction of the use of the certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment
Along with the efforts for adequate handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment, Gorenje started the activities in regard to the RoHS Directive (2002/95/EC) which limits the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. Both RoHS and WEEE Directive were adopted on January 27, 2003 in the European Parliament, and treat the same categories of electrical and electronic equipment (with the exception of medical equipment and measuring devices, where RoHS is void).
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