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The WEEE Directive is a noble cause; encouraging recycling of electronic equipment whilst reducing the amount going to landfill. We all support the principles. However, the Directive’s UK implementation has created a massively disproportionate cost impact on small local independent computer businesses compared with the massive retailers. Registration fees alone are up to 10 times more per retail £ for this sector, whilst the disposal rules cause a 10-25% reduction in price competitiveness. The irony is that this sector that bears the brunt of the cost is the sector that inherently does most to recycle and prevent waste. Independent retailers, by their nature, preserve the lifecycle of computers through repairs and servicing, re-using salvageable parts for future repairs to otherwise obsolete equipment and re-working unwanted computers for resale. Internet retailers and multiples have no equivalent mechanism. These costs disadvantage could be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back. ITACS, their trade association, ask people to sign this petition in the hope that the Prime Minister will initiate re-evaluation to introduce fairness.

Current signatories

Henderson Armstrong, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Adrian Godfrey
• Anthony Knee
• Mike Hoffman
• John Keneally
• Christina Hammond
• p.w.Davis
• Steve Mott
• Philip Glover, join UKIP to leave the EU!
• Dick King
• S King
• Daniel Doyle
• William Hilsum
• Iain Shaw
• Dave Norman
• Peter A Booth
• Mr D S Dhillon
• ADRIAN GRIFFITHS
• Gareth Sandilands
• Alan Heyes
• Richard Cleave
• Mark Williams
• Robert Peckham
• Philip Williams
• David Phipps
• Robert Barford
• william
• Robin Ford
• paul waygood
• Raymond Dufton
• Neil Everton
• Dave Sedgwick
• Keith Jones
• R Steward
• Alex Reah
• Mike Barron
• Richard Coulthard
• Alan Finn
• Tim Rowley
• Angela Russell
• Steve Cody
• Alison Mountford
• patrick garrington
• Paul Fellows
• Shahnaz Hussain
• Chris Speight
• George Holness
• brian weeding
• Stuart Dick
• Alan Stacey
• Charles Moncrieff
• LWILLIAMSON
• Robert Webb
• martin fulton
• Kieran Ross Anderson
• Terence Abbott
• Gordon Chrispin
• ian birdsey
• Chris Timm
• colin bull
• John Travell
• Jon Ashling
• Ian Beviss
• James Bromet
• Stephen Tricker
• simon gillespie
• Bradley King
• Jon Colledge
• Norman Ellis
• Paul Garner
• Ian Melton
• George Platt
• richard lane
• Alan Plumb
• Philip Robert Johnson
• Allan Rutland
• Damian J Bourke
• David Pickerill
• Duncan Clarke
• Robert Yates
• Bart Thomas
• Tim Knoops
• Bradley Ambrose
• GAGANGEET DHILLON
• Chris Butler see cobol.tv
• Jon Atherton
• Chris Nixon
• Maureen Marshall
• Derek Hale
• Paul Finnigan
• Richard D. Mills
• Peter Bishop
• K2 Synergy Ltd
• David Slack
• abu tariq khan
• steve clancy
• sally read
• Charles Gatenby
• noman yousaf
• IvanClarke
• Tim Robinson
• David Wilson
• Ann Milner
• Jim Milner
• Kim Peters
• Andy Milner
• Ben Asher
• david thornton
• Glen Peters
• Tina Slade
• Peter Morgan
• Alan Hudson
• Susan Coad
• Harry Griffiths
• Lee Dent
• martin linford
• John Rogers
• Mr C G Hatton
• Thomas Muir
• Gary Austin
• Robert Haywood
• Harriet Elliss
• D Marchant
• Susan Stevens
• Paul Abbott
• Karen Coram
• Mark Garside
• Michael SC Gifford
• Matthew Woolley
• Kenny Waddell
• Brian Ozanne -Computer Island
• Robin Barnacle
• Helen Barnacle
• Nigel Chilton
• Colin Baglow
• Tammy Dignan
• Trevor Gedge
• Hemant Patel
• angryjeff
• Matthew Dugdale
• Peter Li
• Jonathan Swindley
• Paul O'Brien
• James Rennie
• Roger Miller
• Chris Loader
• Tim Clarke
• Geoffrey Higginbotham
• Malcolm Davison
• Steve Wilkinson
• Bryan Leat
• Steve Pendsay
• Robert Johnson
• David Burns
• Oneeb Tahar
• Russell Montlake-Mees
• David Iles
• David Jenkins
• James Hide
• Leonard Grint
• Lee Thwaite
• Mike Watson
• Robin Hutton
• Andrew Cherry
• Tim Swift
• Lyn Scott
• Bob Welch of tecc.org.uk
• Adrian Birt
• Stephen Adams
• Mark Robinson
• Melissa Reade
• Damian Trendall
• Gary Sargent
• Alex Berry
• Bob Hellyer
• Nick Collingridge
• Jeremy Coates
• L Welch of terc.org.uk
• Nikki Kavanagh
• Kieran Grisenti
• David Court
• ANNA WELCH of peppercornit.org.uk
• Mike Evans
• Jenny Stimson
• David Laver
• Chris Webb
• Cheryl Barnes
• Ian Barnes
• Terry Collins
• Anita Dalton
• John Nicholson
• Stephen Dufton
• Derek James Coward
• Claire Robinson
• Paul Asher
• Allen Ball
• Michele Jones
• jennifer leti
• Karen Birks
• Lawrence Archard
• Nick Harvey
• max wright
• Richard Knight
• Richard Wolsey
• Mark Inman
• Keith Higgs 2U Computers
• James Verrechia
• Iain McLeod
• James Crowe
• Andrew Stephens
• scott barnsley
• Jerome Cohen
• Mark Gilbert
• John E. MacKenzie
• Chris Curtis
• COLIN STOKES
• David Benjamin
• Bill Rolland
• N King
• J Mangham
• Barry Sutcliffe
• Jackie Sheath
• philip carroll
• David Hepworth
• David Westall
• Kath McLeod
• Samantha Mathie
• Neville Matthews
• Chris Rixom
• John Tomlinson
• glen bolton
• Charles Gidigbi
• Simon Robins
• Richard Palmer
• Liam Doyle
• Kevin England
• Warwick Grigg
• Mark Chapman
• Gary Forrest
• Colin Baldwin
• laura Souter
• David
• daniel dils
• david smith
• the dils
• laura dils
• laura
• laura
• Steve Bassett
• Gordon Munro
• Julie Bowering
• david smith
• Anthony S Turton
• David Jackson
• Michelle Ellis
• Stuart Ellis
• jeffrey hirschfield
• Geoff Carr
• Michael Cunliffe-Jones
• Steve Neal
• John Gaines
• Brian Varney
• Jonathan Heathcote
• Joyce Giffard
• John and Bronwen Brindley
• Nicholas Armstrong
• Elizabeth Smith
• Ron Douglas
• Mark Barnett
• Cheryl Herring
• WARREN HODGKISS
• mark stevenson
• Simon Pettigrew
• Lee Collyer
• Sarah Hall
• Peter Whittaker
• Rachel Worman-Buckland
• Lisa Wilkinson
• Vanessa Edwards
• Phillip Errington
• IAN WATTS
• James Buttery
• Jamie Sims
• Neil Barham
• Chris J Evans
• roger humm
• Penny Doyle - Computer Assist
• Martin Westland
• Joan Shearer
• Rhys Bowden
• GARETH ROUND
• Clive Harris
• Reshmah Persand
• Lee Taylor
• Paul Edwards
• David Stevens
• donna cushion
• Julieta Stevens
• m.g.rumsby
• James Kane
• Nick Elliott
• Ben Barnett
• Lois Ford
• Geoff March
• Glen Minter
• Keith Warburton
• Ken Hartill
• Clive Bishop
• Matt Handscomb
• Andrew Thompson
• Mark Watkins
• Daniel Stokes
• Susan Stephens
• Kris Northfield
• Phi Cowan Drumbrae Solutions Ltd
• hugh keith joseph
• Dennis Lee
• Nancy Lee
• Andy Rosser
• Ted Ricketts
• Steve Rosser
• Mark Venn
• Nicola L Joy
• Hugh Irvine
• Carol Rodgers
• Richard Crawford
• Charles Tucker
• Sue Miller
• Paul Cubbage
• Kelly Burnley
• Sonya Cubbage
• David Hall
• David Hall
• Nigel Holmes
• Eileen Stewart
• James Yates
• john woodhouse
• colm o'reilly
• S A Hill
• Rachael Jubb
• Robert Fawcett
• Lynn Potter
• Richard Taylor
• Neil Barton
• Kevin Meader
• Chris Forsey
• Chris Bloomfield
• John Robertson
• NICHOLAS W. TRY
• Phillip Potter
• David Morgan
• Jasdip Garcha
• Tony Turton (Brigantia)
• stuart vyse
• Jonathan Evans, Wetherby Computer Centre Limited
• Gurmit Singh
• Mark Elliss
• David Hallows - C.D.Computers
• Matt Lambourne
• STEPHEN DINEEN
• Mark Ashmore
• MARTIN WOLSTENHOLLME
• Mary Evans, Wetherby Computer Centre Limited
• Mark Dixon, Wetherby Computer Centre Limited
• Janice Fallon, Wetherby Computer Centre Limited
• Steve Wright
• Damian Butler
• Duncan Niblett
• Allan Perkins
• BERNARD LEWRY
• Rita Deverill
• Stephen J Ling
• Jim Keable
• David Rands
• John Yallop
• Richard Parker
• Richard Whiteley
• Duncan Keddie
• Duane Godwin
• John Niblett
• Antony Beare
• Liam Kelly
• Paul Rhodes, Hi-Tec Bradford
• Rick Hoar
• Stephen Gibb
• Gordon Hall
• Nigel Morgans
• Jens-Erik Brown
• f h glen
• Glen Rhodes
• John Fitton
• Alison Drysdale
• Christopher Mellors - C.D.COMPUTERS
• Helen Mellors - C.D.COMPUTERS
• Mick Crayton
• Tom Heath - Ottery Office & Computer LTD.
• Chris Innes
• Ben Marchant
• Andrew Rosser - LSA Technology
• Christopher James Bell
• Geoff Winfield, Tandem Software Group Ltd
• Barry Watkins
• James Bradley
• Andrew Warner
• N Baker
• Matthew Wombell
• GLEN LEWIS
• John Marsh
• Gary Hall
• Steve Ayers
• Nick Jones
• Susan Goodeve
• Pippa White
• Roy Westacott
• Stephen Laws
• Martyn Harvey
• Jon Li
• Jon Hunt
• Ross Talbot
• Chris Jones
• Paul Hanrahan - LSA Technology
• jennifer Clifford
• Simon Crossley
• J Lyons
• JC Micro Ltd
• Simon Cook
• Kevin Belk
• Howard Woolley
• June Ryton
• Martin Wadsworth
• Lorraine Olbison ( Target )
• sarah wood -target
• Bal Samrai
• Keith Sorrell - Airedale Computers
• Jamie Spaul Airedale Computer Recycling
• John Kelly
• mohammed amjid khan
• J Bennison
• Troy Proctor
• Duncan Caine
• Gibson Computers
• A Morgan
• J Claridge
• Geoff Hall
• John A WIlliams
• Richard Candy
• Derek Brown
• Alan Whittall
• Bayden Taylor
• john Maczka
• Stephen Ferguson
• David Morris
• Daphne Miller
• Michael SC Gifford
• Matthew Blissett
• Andy Younan
• David John Greatrix
• Phil Smith
• Gordon Thomson
• Martyn Norton
• Peter Robinson
• Cherry Robbins
• James McLeod
• Martyn Collis
• Dennis Athersmith
• CLAIRE BROOK
• David Bingham
• Mandeep Bhamra
• Shirley Dunster
• Roy K Blyther
• V. C. Gregory
• michael hutchinson
• David Mackie
• Ernie Nolan
• Justin Reynolds
• Peter Orpen
• David H Lee
• Natalle Coles
• stuart Leather
• RD Herd
• H Causley
• Larry Lloyd
• Ian McKendrick
• Stefan Keymer
• jennifer shoesmith
• Geoffrey May