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class="pvcycleorg_itle"> <h1> <span>Legislation in general</span> </h1> </div> <div class="pvcycleorg_Slogan"> <span>Navigate the complex landscape of waste legislation with clarity and confidence</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <section id="firstSection" class="amoSectionSpacing"> <div class="wbWidth"> <h3>Management of <span class="greenTxt">Photovoltaic Solar Panel Waste</span> </h3> <p> The management of photovoltaic solar panel waste is a complex and regulated environment, subject to a diversity of legislation that varies significantly from country to country. Although the European Union's WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive is an example of a regulation about Extended Producer Responsibility. The WEEE Directive is a Directive and thus only sets the minimum requirements which each Member State of the EU-27 must comply with. However, how the requirements are executed in each country of EU-27 can and are 27 times different, which result in a patchwork of local rules and(mostly) additional requirements, which leaves behind a confusing image for the ‘Producer’. Despite the European framework, the financing, the collection methods, the interpretation of what is recycling or recovery and many more items differs country per country. </p> </div> </section> <section id="firstSection" class="amoSectionSpacing"> <div class="wbWidth"> <div class="amoImgTextCardContainer"> <div class="amoImgTextCardText"> <h3>Besides these <span class="greenTxt">EPR-requirements</span> </h3> <p> Moreover, besides these EPR-requirements, there are a huge number of other regulations which have another and sometimes bigger impact on the collection and waste treatment of PV Panels waste. The mother of legislation when dealing with waste is the European Waste Framework Directive. Below, we sum up a summary of the complete landscape related to waste management at one hand and the more product-related regulations when a company places products on the territories of countries of EU-27. This regulatory heterogeneity shows that only the obligations of – for example – the WEEE Directive or the Battery Regulation in the European Union , are not enough to understand and grasp the complete package of rules about waste and awaste management. </p> </div> <div class="amoImgTextCardImg"> <img src="/theme_pvcycle_org/static/images/solar-pannel-sunset.png" alt="shaping future of pvcycle" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="amoSectionSpacing"> <div class="wbWidth"> <div class="amoFullCardContainer"> <div class="amoCard yellowSvgRight" style="background-image: url(/theme_pvcycle_org/static/images/solar-waste.jpeg)"> <div class="amoCardText"> <h3> <span class="yellowTxt">Solar Waste</span> Regulation </h3> <p> <strong>Solar panel waste management navigates a labyrinth of varying legislation across countries. </strong> Despite the EU’s WEEE Directive providing a common framework, national adaptations create a complex regulatory mosaic. 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