WEEE

What is the RD WEEE?
Royal Decree 208/2005 relating to electrical and electronic equipment and their waste management (better known as RD WEEE) has as its objective, among others, controlling the generation of waste from this kind of equipment and guaranteeing its correct environmental management once its useful life has come to an end.

What kinds of equipment are covered by the RD WEEE?
Among the enormous variety of electrical and electronic equipment covered by the RD WEEE, are certain kinds of lamps:

  • fluorescent tubes,
  • integrated and non-integrated compact energy-saving lamps,
  • discharge lamps,
  • retrofit LEDs,
  • luminaires,
  • illuminated signs, and
  • emergency luminaires.

WHY RECYCLE
LAMPS AND LUMINAIRES?