EU targets governments over electronic waste rules

Several European Union countries have failed to turn the bloc's rules on electronic waste into national law and now face legal action from Brussels, the European Commission said on Wednesday October 17, 2007. The rules require manufacturers to accept used refrigerators, computers, cell phones and other appliances from consumers and recycle them. The Commission sent warning letters to the offending countries, the first step in a legal process that can end up at an EU court which can eventually impose fines. Read more...