On January 1, 2022, the amendment to the German Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG3) and the Ordinance on Requirements for the Treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (BehandlungsVO) will come into force.

The aim of the law and the ordinance is to expand the network of return points in order to increase the collection rate of waste electrical and electronic equipment and to improve the quality of waste treatment. The current collection rate for WEEE is about 44% of the annual quantity put on the market; the…