In this article, the EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and its impact on Finnish waste management as related to WEEE will be discussed. This paper also describes the project of the Technology Industries of Finland known as AWARENESS, which focuses on how the WEEE directive influences the manufacturers and producers of electrical and electronic equipment in Finland. In the final section of this paper, the current situation of WEEE recovery and recycling in Finland, especially in the Northern Ostrobothnia, is introduced and discussed.