ENVIRONMENT Electronic waste

Member states seek to delay recycling of electronic waste

By Jennifer Rankin - 10.03.2011 / 05:19 CET

Split emerges over WEEE directive as Council wants to push recycling target to 2020.

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Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have failed to transpose waste framework directive into national law.

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Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have failed to transpose waste framework directive into national law.

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