How are LEDs covered under WEEE?
Discussion
Annex 1A of the WEEE Directive includes a list of 10 product categories which are captured by the producer responsibility requirements of the Directive. Annex 1B goes on to provide examples of indicative finshed products within these categories.
Under Category 5 of Annex 1A of the WEEE Directive, the following products are included:
- luminaires for fluorescent lamps with the exception of luminaires in households
- straight fluorescent lamps
- compact fluorescent lamps
- high intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps
- low pressure sodium lamps
- other lighting or equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light with the exception of filament bulbs
The last statement is the catch-all, remembering that it applies to the function of the product, rather than the technology used. Therefore, any LED product which can be classed as a finished product i.e. has its own housing (therefore not an OEM component or sub-assembly) and which can operate on a stand-alone basis with any required connections being simple ones to make i.e. without technical expertise, provides a primary function of spreading light. Therefore, an LED product which is a finished product is likely to be captured by Category 5 in Annex 1A and therefore likely to be covered by the WEEE and RoHS Directives. As such, the producer of the LED product is legally required to:
1. Ensure the product is marked with the crossed-out wheelie bin if placed on a Member State national market after 13 August 2005.
2. Register with the WEEE Authorities as a WEEE producer.
3. Finance the arrangements for collection and recycling of the LED at end-of-life
4. Report EEE put on the market and WEEE recycling data to the WEEE Authorities in the Member State it is sold
5. If the UK, the producer must also join an approved Producer Compliance Scheme who will as a minimum, register the producer and report to the UK Environment Agency on the producer's behalf
Hope this helps
ETA - now gimme a go on the R1!
Under Category 5 of Annex 1A of the WEEE Directive, the following products are included:
- luminaires for fluorescent lamps with the exception of luminaires in households
- straight fluorescent lamps
- compact fluorescent lamps
- high intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps
- low pressure sodium lamps
- other lighting or equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light with the exception of filament bulbs
The last statement is the catch-all, remembering that it applies to the function of the product, rather than the technology used. Therefore, any LED product which can be classed as a finished product i.e. has its own housing (therefore not an OEM component or sub-assembly) and which can operate on a stand-alone basis with any required connections being simple ones to make i.e. without technical expertise, provides a primary function of spreading light. Therefore, an LED product which is a finished product is likely to be captured by Category 5 in Annex 1A and therefore likely to be covered by the WEEE and RoHS Directives. As such, the producer of the LED product is legally required to:
1. Ensure the product is marked with the crossed-out wheelie bin if placed on a Member State national market after 13 August 2005.
2. Register with the WEEE Authorities as a WEEE producer.
3. Finance the arrangements for collection and recycling of the LED at end-of-life
4. Report EEE put on the market and WEEE recycling data to the WEEE Authorities in the Member State it is sold
5. If the UK, the producer must also join an approved Producer Compliance Scheme who will as a minimum, register the producer and report to the UK Environment Agency on the producer's behalf
Hope this helps
ETA - now gimme a go on the R1!
Edited by hogfisch on Thursday 2nd July 11:43
I was wondering this, we’re designing making led assemblies, for automotive, medical and architectural applications, I expect to use 3 or 4 million this year, and have wondered what is going to happen, especially when you consider the cocktail of chemicals used to create the different colours.
Gallium arsenide, arsenic/phosphorus, indium gallium aluminium phosphide and phosphor
As a contract manufacturer it won’t be our problem as technically we are not the producer
Gallium arsenide, arsenic/phosphorus, indium gallium aluminium phosphide and phosphor
As a contract manufacturer it won’t be our problem as technically we are not the producer
hogfisch said:
Annex 1A of the WEEE Directive includes a list of 10 product categories which are captured by the producer responsibility requirements of the Directive. Annex 1B goes on to provide examples of indicative finshed products within these categories.
Under Category 5 of Annex 1A of the WEEE Directive, the following products are included:
- luminaires for fluorescent lamps with the exception of luminaires in households
- straight fluorescent lamps
- compact fluorescent lamps
- high intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps
- low pressure sodium lamps
- other lighting or equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light with the exception of filament bulbs
The last statement is the catch-all, remembering that it applies to the function of the product, rather than the technology used. Therefore, any LED product which can be classed as a finished product i.e. has its own housing (therefore not an OEM component or sub-assembly) and which can operate on a stand-alone basis with any required connections being simple ones to make i.e. without technical expertise, provides a primary function of spreading light. Therefore, an LED product which is a finished product is likely to be captured by Category 5 in Annex 1A and therefore likely to be covered by the WEEE and RoHS Directives. As such, the producer of the LED product is legally required to:
1. Ensure the product is marked with the crossed-out wheelie bin if placed on a Member State national market after 13 August 2005.
2. Register with the WEEE Authorities as a WEEE producer.
3. Finance the arrangements for collection and recycling of the LED at end-of-life
4. Report EEE put on the market and WEEE recycling data to the WEEE Authorities in the Member State it is sold
5. If the UK, the producer must also join an approved Producer Compliance Scheme who will as a minimum, register the producer and report to the UK Environment Agency on the producer's behalf
Hope this helps
ETA - now gimme a go on the R1!
Good stuff, thanks for that. I had given up on getting any responses.Under Category 5 of Annex 1A of the WEEE Directive, the following products are included:
- luminaires for fluorescent lamps with the exception of luminaires in households
- straight fluorescent lamps
- compact fluorescent lamps
- high intensity discharge lamps, including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps
- low pressure sodium lamps
- other lighting or equipment for the purpose of spreading or controlling light with the exception of filament bulbs
The last statement is the catch-all, remembering that it applies to the function of the product, rather than the technology used. Therefore, any LED product which can be classed as a finished product i.e. has its own housing (therefore not an OEM component or sub-assembly) and which can operate on a stand-alone basis with any required connections being simple ones to make i.e. without technical expertise, provides a primary function of spreading light. Therefore, an LED product which is a finished product is likely to be captured by Category 5 in Annex 1A and therefore likely to be covered by the WEEE and RoHS Directives. As such, the producer of the LED product is legally required to:
1. Ensure the product is marked with the crossed-out wheelie bin if placed on a Member State national market after 13 August 2005.
2. Register with the WEEE Authorities as a WEEE producer.
3. Finance the arrangements for collection and recycling of the LED at end-of-life
4. Report EEE put on the market and WEEE recycling data to the WEEE Authorities in the Member State it is sold
5. If the UK, the producer must also join an approved Producer Compliance Scheme who will as a minimum, register the producer and report to the UK Environment Agency on the producer's behalf
Hope this helps
ETA - now gimme a go on the R1!
Edited by hogfisch on Thursday 2nd July 11:43
The product in question seems to be a "finished product", therefore covered by WEEE.
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