Glossary

Try shopping at thrift stores, swapping clothes with friends, or donating items you no longer wear. Fixing or upcycling old clothes also gives them new life and helps the planet.

Historical Waste (WEEE) is old electronic waste made before recycling laws. Recycling it recovers valuable materials, reduces pollution, and supports a circular economy for a cleaner planet.

Open Scope (WEEE) expands electronic waste rules to include more devices, ensuring better recycling, less pollution, producer responsibility, and stronger support for a circular economy in Europe.

Orphaned WEEE means discarded electronics not properly recycled, harming the environment and wasting valuable materials. Better collection and recycling help protect nature and support a circular economy.

An Individual Financial Guarantee ensures producers fund proper recycling of their e-waste, protecting the environment, meeting legal rules, and supporting a circular economy.

Reuse in electronics means fixing, upgrading, or donating devices to reduce waste, save resources, and protect the environment. It supports circular economy and cuts pollution from new production.

Refurbishment restores used electronics by repairing and testing them, reducing waste and resource use. It supports a circular economy, cuts pollution, offers affordable tech, and creates jobs.

Data destruction in WEEE means securely erasing or destroying data on old electronics before recycling, protecting privacy and enabling safe reuse of valuable materials for a greener circular economy.

Selective treatment in WEEE removes hazardous materials from e-waste before recycling, protecting health and environment, improving recycling quality, and supporting the circular economy.