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| 2003 || {{w|Electronic waste}} || Policy || Under the {{w|Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive}} (WEEE Directive, 2002/96/EC), the {{w|European Union}} implements a system symilar to the {{w|electronic waste}} recycling system implemented in 1991 in {{w|Switzerland}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:037:0024:0038:EN:PDF|title=Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment}}</ref> The {{w|Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive}} is put in effect as a {{w|European Community}} Directive 2002/96/EC on [[w:electronic waste|waste electrical and electronic equipment]] (WEEE). Its principal purposes are to prevent WEEE generation and, in addition, to improve the reuse, recycling, and recovery, in place of disposal, to reduce the environmental and health impacts of WEEE.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Poikela |first1=Kari |last2=Lehtinen |first2=Ulla |last3=Tanskanen |first3=Pia |last4=Román |first4=Elisabeth |last5=Keiski |first5=Riitta L. |last6=Pongrácz |first6=Eva |title=Overview of the WEEE Directive and Its Implementation in the Nordic Countries: National Realisations and Best Practices |doi=10.1155/2014/457372}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive |url=https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/partnership/?p=2078 |website=sustainabledevelopment.un.org |accessdate=22 February 2020}}</ref> || {{w|European Union}}
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| 2003 || {{w|Electronic waste}} || Policy || The {{w|California Electronic Waste Recycling Act}} is introduced with the purpose to establish a funding system for the collection and recycling of certain electronic wastes in California.<ref>{{cite web |title=Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 |url=https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/electronics/act2003 |website=calrecycle.ca.gov |accessdate=27 May 2020}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 2003 || {{w|Electronic waste}} || Policy || The {{w|Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive}} is adopted by the {{w|European Union}}. It restricts the use of six hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in the union.<ref>{{cite web |title=Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive |url=https://www.cov.com/-/media/files/corporate/publications/2011/01/restriction-of-hazardous-substances-directive.pdf |website=cov.com |accessdate=28 April 2020}}</ref> || {{w|European Union}}
