ReMedia, the main Italian Multi-category take back System for WEEE (Waste of Electric and Electrical Equipments), is also managing a take back System for Waste of Batteries & Accumulators.

1000 Members

Operational areas: all classes of electrical and electronic equipment, in particular consumer electronics, household appliances, ICT and conditioning, toys, clocks, and musical instruments, batteries & accumulators

Integrated services for managing household WEEE and non-household WEEE, batteries & accumulators for all product classes.

Endorsement by trade bodies and federations: Anie (National Federation of Electro-technical and Electronic Producers), a member of Confindustria,  Andec (National Association of Importers and Producers of Electronics), Dismamusica (musical instruments), Assorologi (producers and distributors of clocks), Assogiocattoli (firms in the toy sector) Assoprom (Association of Producers and Distributors of Advertising and Promotional Articles), Unidi (National Union of Italian Dental Firms), Ancad (Association of Sellers of Dental Items), and Ascomut, Association of Dealers in Machine Tools.

Member of WEEE forum (http://www.weee-forum.org/), a non-profit organisation comprising the major WEEE Collective Systems in Europe

Distinctive features: 

Role serving the public: ReMedia is committed to the balanced development and growth of the national WEEE-management system

Scale: owing to the number and the individual size of the manufacturers ReMedia represents it operates in the bulk-management of WEEE, with the result that performance and operating cost are optimised to the benefit of the entire system

Quality:  constant control of flows, safety of its treatment, and the remunerative use made of the recovered material are the strong points of ReMedia

WEEE: highlights

ReMedia partners: 19 companies, among them 16 treatment plants that guarantee coverage across the whole of Italy 

Non-household WEEE: strategic agreement with CEVA and SISTEMA ITALIA for organizing, respectively, logistics and treatment 80% of WEEE collection centres already served by ReMedia – an indication of the extent of national coverage it provides

Members of the public served: about 35 million