摘要: The European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive is due to impact companies in the United Kingdom from January 2006 (Tollady, 2005). A key aim of this legislation reduce environmental electrical electronic products by making producers responsible for recovering, reusing recycling large percentages equipment they manufacture import, once it reaches end its life. Despite approaching deadline, authors have found that many are still unclear about implications will on design their products. problem ensuring teams aware requirements feel empowered develop which compliant. However, there currently no practical tools guide decision process support development financially viable, compliant This paper reports SortED project aims an life help quickly identify WEEE design, guiding them towards appropriate solutions get maximum revenue out using restrictions Directive as opportunity innovation.