It's the Waste Electrical and Electronics Directive.


Now folks, I don't want an EU bashing response here, it's everyone to blame here.
But it has been announced here in New Zealand that people in the EU that send gear over to places like here will be responsible for the disposal of the refuse once that lighting tube or what have you wears out.
That is OK if you are in the UK or Ireland, it's just tacked onto the cost of buying it in the first place.
The majority of our gear in NZ comes from Europe, the majority of our companies having been bought out by rich European companies like Schnieder, or worse by the Chinese, who won't recognise any refuse whatsoever.
We will end up here in New Zealand, just like we did after the PCB event here, all talk and 20 years later a large dump of them just waiting.
Your thoughts?.
Everyone seems to be accusing everyone else.
It's time someone stood up!!. [Linked Image]