Crossed-out wheeled bin (WEEE)
Do not put this in unsorted household waste: when it is thrown away it must be collected separately as waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), so it can be reused, treated and recycled.
A mark tells you what the maker declares, never that the product is safe.
- What it looks like
- A wheeled rubbish bin with a lid, crossed out by two diagonal lines. It is printed on the product itself; only when the item is too small, or the mark would stop it working, does it go on the packaging, instructions and warranty.
- Who may apply it
- Producers must put it on electrical and electronic equipment placed on the EU market (preferably following the European standard EN 50419), together with their own identification mark. In the UK, EEE producers must mark products with the crossed-out wheeled bin and a date mark.
What it does not promise
It does not say the item goes in your kerbside recycling bin. It means the opposite: a separate collection point or take-back. It is not a safety or conformity mark. It also says nothing about when the product was sold unless a bar or a date goes with it.
Other marks with the same shapes
Sources
Each page below was fetched and read on the date shown. Where a symbol’s IEC 60417 or ISO 7000 number is given, a public page listing that number is among them.
- EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU): Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) — Articles 14 and 15, Annex IX — Article 14(4): producers mark EEE, preferably in accordance with EN 50419, with the symbol in Annex IX; exceptionally on the packaging, instructions and warranty. Annex IX: “The symbol indicating separate collection for EEE consists of the crossed-out wheeled bin”, printed visibly, legibly and indelibly. Checked 2026-09-24.
- Your Europe (European Union): WEEE — what does the label mean, EU requirements (page last checked by the EU 12/07/2026) — Equipment must bear the crossed-out wheeled bin and your identification mark; printed on the product unless it is too small or the marking affects its function. Checked 2026-09-24.
- GOV.UK (Environment Agency): Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) producer responsibility (last updated 12 August 2025) — EEE producers must “mark products with the crossed out wheeled bin symbol and a date mark”. Checked 2026-09-24.
Written in our own words; quotations are the sources’ wording.