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Recycling household electrical equipment - customer statement
With effect from July 2007, the UK’s Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations require that all producers of electrical
equipment are now obliged to pay for recycling of household electrical goods,
where previously this bill was met by councils or items were not recycled at
all. These regulations also require that all retailers both actively assist in
delivering a UK wide WEEE collection infrastructure and encourage the
participation of consumers in recycling electronic equipment.
So that you can get your waste electrical goods recycled, we
have contributed towards a national fund to assist local councils to further
develop their existing waste electronics collection facilities, which will in
turn allow producers of this equipment to meet their obligations.
Not all council sites are suitable to collect all types of waste
electrical goods but to find out your nearest participating site (including
other collection facilities that may not be operated by the council) and for
advice on all aspects of recycling at home, please visit
www.recycle-more.co.uk Don’t forget to have your
postcode ready to use in the ‘recycling facilities’ locator.
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Electronic waste is one of the fastest growing waste streams and
much of it can be recycled and resources recovered to make new consumer goods.
To remind consumers of the collection methods available which in turn allow
recycling to take place, all electrical items sold now carry the ‘crossed out
wheeled bin’ symbol. To ensure your waste electronics don’t contribute to
damaging the environment, please use
www.recycle-more.co.uk
and recycle today.
Compliance with the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment Regulations
In order to partially meet our obligations as a distributor
as defined in the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Regulations (SI 2006 No. 3289 - 11 December 2006) (referred to hereafter as "the
WEEE Regulations"), we have opted to become a full member of the Distributor
Take back Scheme (DTS). Membership of the DTS is defined in regulation 35 of the
WEEE Regulations and delivers exemption from the requirements of regulation 31
(to "ensure that WEEE from private households can be returned to him free of
charge and on a one-to-one basis") and regulation 34(1) (maintenance of
records).
As a member of the DTS, we have made a financial contribution
toward the development of the network of Designated Collection Facilities (DCFs)
instead of offering instore take back of WEEE. This financial contribution is
described in paragraphs 83 to 88 of the UK WEEE guidance, and has been used to
improve the WEEE collection facilities located at Local Authority Civic Amenity
sites.
In addition, through our support of the national recycling
website, recycle-more.co.uk, we will also meet our obligations under regulation
33 to make information available to users of EEE in private households on -
a) the requirement on each Member State under Article
2 of the Directive to minimise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted
municipal waste and to achieve a high level of collection of WEEE for
treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal;
b) the collection and take back systems available to
them;
c) their role in contributing to the reuse, recycling
and other forms of recovery of WEEE under these Regulations;
d) the potential effects on the environment and human
health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in EEE; and
e) the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol.
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