What are the main producer obligations?

Producers must register with a national scheme or producer compliance scheme, mark equipment with the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol, finance the collection and treatment of WEEE, provide take-back, and report the quantities of EEE placed on the market and WEEE collected.

Who counts as a producer under WEEE?

A producer is anyone who manufactures and sells EEE under their own brand, resells under their brand equipment made by others, or imports/exports EEE into a country on a professional basis, including most distance sellers shipping into a market.

What is the WEEE collection target?

The EU WEEE Directive sets a collection target of 65% of the average weight of EEE placed on the market in the preceding three years, or alternatively 85% of WEEE generated. National schemes allocate producer obligations to help meet these targets.

Is my data sent anywhere?

No. The checker uses a built-in mapping of categories to obligations and runs entirely in your browser. No product or business detail is transmitted or stored.

WEEE Compliance Checker

Q: What are the WEEE categories?

Since the 2018 open scope, WEEE uses six categories: 1) temperature exchange equipment, 2) screens and monitors, 3) lamps, 4) large equipment, 5) small equipment, and 6) small IT and telecommunications equipment. Older 10-category mappings are now consolidated into these six.

The WEEE Directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) makes producers of electrical and electronic equipment responsible for financing its collection, treatment and recycling. This free checker maps your product category and market to the registration, marking, take-back, financing and reporting duties that apply, and frames the collection targets your scheme must meet. It is built for electronics manufacturers, importers and distance sellers.

How it works

Since the 2018 “open scope”, WEEE uses six categories: (1) temperature exchange equipment, (2) screens and monitors, (3) lamps, (4) large equipment, (5) small equipment, and (6) small IT and telecommunications equipment. The tool maps your selection to that framework and lists the core obligations every producer carries:

Register with the national WEEE authority or a producer compliance scheme.
Mark equipment with the crossed-out wheelie-bin symbol and producer identifier.
Finance and provide take-back of WEEE, including household and (where applicable) B2B equipment.
Report EEE placed on the market and WEEE collected, in tonnes by category.

The collection-target context — 65% of the three-year average placed on the market, or 85% of WEEE generated — explains why scheme fees and obligations are scaled to your tonnage. UK producers register under the UK regime post-Brexit; EU producers must appoint an authorised representative in each member state where they sell without an establishment.

Notes and example

A company importing LED desk lamps into the EU is in category 3 (lamps), which carries strict separate-collection and mercury-handling considerations, plus per-country registration and an authorised representative in each market. A firm selling laptops is in category 6 (small IT), owing registration, the wheelie-bin mark, take-back and quarterly/annual reporting.

This checker provides category-level guidance, not a substitute for your national scheme’s rules or registration. Confirm exact duties with your producer compliance scheme. Everything is computed locally.