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Waste electrical and electronic equipment: guidance for collection, reuse and recycling

• How to use this guidance
• Guiding principles for managing and handling WEEE
• Collecting, transporting and storing WEEE
• Guidelines and recommendations for WEEE reuse and recycling operators
• Reuse of EEE
  • Equipment with the potential to be reused and markets for reused equipment
  • Reusing end-of-life EEE
  • Existing reuse standards and guidelines
  • Guidelines and recommendations for reuse
    • Categorising the level of reuse
    • Electrical safety
    • Data removal
    • Quality management
    • Health and safety responsibilities
    • Dismantling and downstream recycling
    • Using overseas operators for reuse
    • Special requirements for handling refrigerant appliances
  • Waste electrical and electronic equipment checklist: reuse of waste electrical and electronic equipment (PDF, 225 KB)
• Recycling WEEE
• Exporting hazardous WEEE
• Overview of other WEEE good practice guidance/advice and standards
• Health and safety considerations when reusing or recycling WEEE
• WEEE directive categories
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Consultation
• Feedback

Special requirements for handling refrigerant appliances

Operators handling refrigerant appliances must:

• hold the relevant tradesperson qualifications and hold a ‘No Loss’ card
• work within the guidelines of the Australia/New Zealand Refrigerant Handling Code of Practice 2007.

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Last updated:15 March 2011