Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Jan 2026 | Wouter Coussens Cabinet member | Own resource on e-waste | — |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Wouter Coussens Cabinet member | Own resource on e-waste | SRC |
| 15 Sept 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Circular Economy and WEEE Directive | — |
| 15 Sept 2025 | Luis Planas Herrera Cabinet member | Circular Economy and WEEE Directive | SRC |
| 07 Feb 2019 | Sebastien Paquot Cabinet member | WEEE Waste Manangement | — |
| 07 Feb 2019 | Sebastien Paquot Cabinet member | WEEE Waste Manangement | SRC |
Mission & Goals
The WEEE Forum, set up in 2002, is a Brussels-based international for-impact, not-for-profit association speaking for fifty not-for-profit producer responsibility organisations (PRO) that take back and manage electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE), as defined by EU legislation, from households and businesses. The fifty PROs have operations in Europe, the Americas and Africa: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Czechia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Georgia, Greece, France, Iceland, Ireland, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. It is the biggest organisation of its kind in the world.
EU Legislative Interests
Directive 2012/19/EU on WEEE, policies related to collection and management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), Circular Economy Action Plan, Circular Economy Act, European Green Deal, CRM Action Plan, CRM Regulation, European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, recycling and European environmental services.
Communication Activities
An international conference every two-four years, events throughout the year, typically 3-4 per year, project-related events/conferences and workshops. Communication and dissemination of findings of grant-funded projects, e.g. CIRCTHREAD, FUTURAM, GRINNER, ECOSWEEE, DICE, CE-RISE, LIFE4EPR in 2025. To date, the WEEE Forum has been involved in more than a dozen EU grant-funded projects.
Interests Represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Member Of
EPR Club CEN/CENELEC FAIB European Policy Centre STEP Initiative Circular Plastics Alliance Circular Intelligence
Organisation Members
https://weee-forum.org/members/
Additional Information
De bedragen van de subsidies in het lopende boekjaar 2025 zijn voorspellingen (forecast): €847.476.