Importing and exporting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
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Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Rules for shipping WEEE into and out of England from 1 January 2025. How to check you are using the correct code and control. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Shipping WEEE for recovery in European Union (EU) and OECD countries
- Y49 (non-hazardous)
- A1181 (hazardous)
- Definition of 'component'
- Shipping WEEE for recovery in non-OECD countries
- How to check you are using the correct code and control
- Classification of specific items or types of WEEE
- Exporting WEEE, treated WEEE and used EEE containing hazardous substances or persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
Source and licence
Environment Agency
AttributionEnvironment Agency, ‘Importing and exporting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)’ (updated 30 September 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026