To comply with their WEEE-management duties under Legislative Decree no. 151 of 2005, the firms defined as “Producers” must set up or join a Collective System, such as ReMedia Consortium.

As of November 2007, the costs of collecting and treating WEEE are payable by the Producers who, through the Collective System they have joined, meet their legal duties and make an active contribution to sustainable development in Italy.  

Collective Systems are in general non-profit-making and their primary task is the carriage, treatment, and recovery of WEEE, performed in adherence with the provisions of Legislative Decree no. 151 of 2005 and the rules laid down by the WEEE Co-ordination Centre.   Collective Systems may be specialised, in which case they focus on just a few product categories, or they may be multi-category Collective Systems dealing with all product categories.