Brussels, 15/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 14 March, the Environment Council in Brussels reached a first-reading political agreement on recasting Directive 2002/96 on waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE). This was not, however, an easy thing to achieve. It took a great deal of stubbornness on the part of the Hungarian Presidency and the convening of an extraordinary meeting of the Council working group during the session to reach a point when delegations agreed on the scope...