REMANUFACTURING KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE
The German Recycling Law - Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz (KrW-/AbfG)
1994
Solid waste
This law focuses on the idea of a circular flow economy with closed loop supply chains and is the main legal basis for closing material supply loops in Germany. It is the ground for the goal to save natural resources and to provide environmentally acceptable waste disposal.
End of Life Vehicles Directive - Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, from 18 September 2000 (ELV)
2000
Vehicles
Provides the limitation of waste from vehicles and enhances the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of end-of-life vehicles and their components. The law sets new requirements for European manufacturers regarding the obligation to draw vehicles easier to recycle.
Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive - Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS)
2002
Electrical and electronic equipment
About the restrictions on the use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in order to contribute to the protection of human health and the environmentally sound recovery and disposal of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive - Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, from 27 January 2003 (WEEE)
2003
Electrical and electronic equipment
Establishes measures to prevent the generation of electrical and electronic waste and to promote reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery in order to reduce the amount of waste to improve the environmental performance of all stakeholders involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment.
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)
2005
Electrical and electronic equipment
Establishes the collection and recycling of electrical and electronic equipment in Germany.
Energy Using Products Directive - Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, from 6 July 2005 (EuP)
2005
Energy-using products
Proposition of a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directives 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, from 19 November 2008
2008
Solid Waste
Provisions on the handling of solid waste in order to control the whole lifecycle of the residue from production to disposal, with emphasis on the recycling of solid waste and recycling.
National Policy on Solid Waste (Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos) - Law No. 12.305, from August 2, 2010 (PNRS)
2010
Solid waste
Includes principles and guidelines for the management of solid waste. Among other provisions, the PNRS establishes the principle of shared responsibility for the lifecycle of products and has as one of its key points the reverse logistics.