What are my obligations as a producer?

Producers must register as a producer each year. How producers do this depends on how much EEE they have placed on the UK market in the previous calendar year, known as a compliance year:

• If a producer places less than 5 tonnes of EEE on the UK market in a compliance year, they can register direct with their environmental regulator as a small producer.
• If a producer places more than 5 tonnes of EEE on the market, they must join a producer compliance scheme (PCS), such as Comply with Clarity. The PCS takes on their obligations to finance the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of household WEEE collected in the UK.
• The weight of any batteries in this EEE must be subtracted and reported separately, under the regulations covering Batteries and waste batteries.

Producers must also ensure a ‘crossed out wheeled bin’ symbol of appropriate size (as per the BSI EN50419 standard) is displayed on the product.

Within one year of placing new EEE on the UK market, producers must ensure information is made available on the reprocessing of EEE components and materials.

Producers must retain all relevant documentation for at least four years.