Russia: Collection targets are set for manufacturers and importers of certain products and packaging until 2017

Manufacturers and importers of certain products (such as electrical equipment - EEE,  textiles, glass and paper packaging, etc.) will have to comply with the set collection targets for 2015-2017. For all products the collection targets for 2015 and for most products, including WEEE for 2016, the collection targets have been set to “zero”.

For some vulcanized rubber products the collection targets have been set to 0 for 2015, to 15% for 2016 and to 20% for 2017.

For plastic bottles the collection targets have been set as 10% for 2016 and 15% for 2017.

For computers and peripheral equipment the collections targets have only been set for 2017, as 5%. The same targets have been set for domestic electronic goods, such as radio equipment, television equipment, etc.