Sector fears huge costs in demand to go green_3
18 July 2012
A draft European Union directive forcing companies in the electrical sector to make their supply chains environmentally friendly will prove costly for the UK industry, a lobby group has warned.
While political wrangling by EU ministers is likely to delay the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive until Easter, the document is already having an effect on electrical manufacturers and materials suppliers, said Claire Snow, director of the Industrial Council for Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling, a European cross-sector lobby group set...