"In 2011, a governmental initiative driven by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills invited the British Standards Institute (BSI) to write and publish a publicly available specification (PAS) for the reuse of waste electrical and electronic equipment entitled PAS 141. The specification's ambitious goals, chief among them to reduce the amount of e-waste generated in the UK, has prompted debate as to whether they are realistic and the extent to which they can be influenced by the certification."

Source: Quariguasi-Frota-Neto, J., A. Reade, A. Dindarian, and A. Gibson. 2014. ‘The Newly Created Publicly Available Specification (PAS 141) for Reusable Electrical/Electronic Products: Goals and Research Needs for Successful Uptake’. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 25 (8): 1135–47. doi:10.1108/JMTM-10-2012-0096.