On 13 August 2004, the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Management) Decree (BEA) came into effect. From that date, the relevant producers and importers are responsible for the environmentally-friendly collection and recycling of the products they have sold on the Dutch market.
To achieve this, producers and importers have jointly set up a system to collect and recycle discarded equipment efficiently and in a way that is safe for the environment.
The Dutch Association for the Disposal of Metal and Electrical Products (the “NVMP Foundation” for short) has been commissioned to implement the system. The Association was established on the initiative of the FME-CWM Association. More than 1,200 producers and importers have since affiliated themselves to the Association.
The NVMP Foundation is not just an implementation organisation that supervises efficient collection and environmentally-friendly recycling – it is also responsible for managing the financial resources that are deployed to fund the system. Those resources are obtained from the ‘disposal levies’ charged to purchasers when new equipment is sold.
The NVMP Foundation is also responsible for providing information about the disposal system, the disposal levy, monitoring and reporting to the Ministry for Housing, Regional Development and the Environment (VROM), and communication with producers, importers, retailers, collection and transfer centres, government bodies and consumers.
