The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) is advising all manufacturers and importers of electrical and electronic equipment that new amendments to the Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulation, 2014 (S.L.504.75) will be published shortly.
These amendments are linked with the removal of Eco-contribution on WEEE items as of 1st September 2015.
Producers are required to register their preferred method of compliance with MEPA, indicating whether they intend to self-regulate or alternatively to participate in a Scheme, by the end of August 2015.
Those who were previously registered with MEPA also need to provide their first time registration number (WME).
Registration of intentions should be done by email on weee@mepa.org.mt [1]
Enquiries for further information may be made on telephone number +356 2290 7153 or by email on weee@mepa.org.mt [2].