The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and the European Union's electrical and electronic equipment directives
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- 作者：Julieanna Powell-Turner j.powell-turner@cranfield.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Peter D. Antill ; p.antill@cranfield.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Richard E. Fisher r.fisher@cranfield.ac.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Defence ; European ; Union ; Environment ; Policy ; UK ; MOD
- 刊名：Resources Policy
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：49
- 期：Complete
- 页码：422-432
- 全文大小：502 K
文摘
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Electronic equipment designed for defence purposes is outside of the scope of the WEEE and RoHS Directives.
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The UK MOD and defence industry continues to reduce its environmental impact in the spirit of the legislation.
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There are insufficient metrics in place to analyse the quantitative impact of defence WEEE.
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Work on substituting key materials (Cadmium, Chromium and Lead) is ongoing to improve sustainability.
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The UK MOD should work with government colleagues to improve data capture to inform decision making.