Product Take-back and Recycling in Europe

Panasonic’s basic policy towards end-of-life product recycling is not only pro-active compliance with country-specific recycling legislation, but also demonstrates a willingness to take both effectiveness and efficiency into consideration, corresponding to the local situation of recycling infrastructure etc. when developing collection and recycling systems.

The European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive took effect in 2005, requiring producers to take back and recycle waste electrical and electronic items. Additionally, it requires that producers mark items to show consumers that they should not be discarded with general domestic waste, and to provide advice to consumers on suitable disposal options. Panasonic has proactively developed solutions to all these requirements.

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