Dr Philip Morton, CEO of the UK waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme, Repic, has been appointed as a director on the WEEE Forum board.
Dr Morton, who was appointed to his role by a general election of WEEE Forum members, will help the association achieve its objective of developing a more ‘effective, efficient and environmentally sustainable European WEEE system’ alongside his duties as CEO of Repic.
Dr Morton announced his appointment to the board saying: “It’s fantastic to be welcomed into such a passionate organisation and hopefully we can adopt and adapt some of the current best practices across Europe into the new UK Regulations when the [WEEE] recast is transposed.
“As European member states are currently in the process of transposing the recently announced revised WEEE Directive into national law, this is an extremely crucial time for the WEEE system so it’s fantastic to have the opportunity to be involved in such an influential organisation at this important time.”
The European association represents the interests of 41 electrical and electronic waste collection and recycling organisations run on behalf of producers. Morton will join the board alongside representatives of the European recycling industry from across Europe, including José Ramón Carbajosa (Ecolec, Spain), Jan Vlak (Wecycle, the Netherlands), Christian Brabant (Eco-systèmes, France), Roman Tvrzník (Elektrowin, Czech Republic), Jan Vrba (Asekol SK, Slovakia) and Giorgio Arienti (Ecodom, Italy).
Repic will be hosting the bi-annual 2012 WEEE Forum Conference in London on 20-21 September 2012.
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