E-waste recycling plan kicks off

The new Producer Responsibility Scheme on Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment was effective from 1 August 2018. Under the Scheme, sellers must arrange free removal service for customers when they purchase new air-conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, computers, printers, scanners or monitors. The operator of the Government’s WEEE Treatment and Recycling Facility (WEEE‧PARK) will collect the waste equipment three working days after receipt of the service request from the sellers. Upon reaching the WEEE·PARK, the regulated WEEE will be examined and turned into valuable secondary raw materials through a series of detoxification, dismantling and recycling processes. The Government made over 300 inspections at sales points and considered the overall compliance situation satisfactory since its implementation. More about this scheme can be found at https://weee.gov.hk.