Written question asked by Lord Wills (Labour) on Tuesday, 12 April 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 April 2016. It was answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative) on Monday, 25 April 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Electronic Equipment: Waste Disposal
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the corrected Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 21 March (HL6286), what consideration they have given to the impact of the increased bundling together of computer hardware with operating systems and browsers on the definition of electrical and electronic equipment specified in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
- Answer
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Electrical and electronic equipment in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is defined as that “which is dependent on electric currents or electromagnetic fields in order to work properly" and "equipment for the generation, transfer and measurement of such currents and fields” below specified voltages.
Whilst the Directive does provide for certain exclusions, the Government believes that the definition is already sufficiently broad to embrace technological change and computer hardware that incorporates browsers and operating systems.
Secondary information
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- HL7564
- Session
- 2015-16
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- Yes
- Subjects
- Software Computers EU law Electronic equipment Waste disposal
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