WEEE Regulations:
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is now UK law.
The legislation aims to make producers pay for the collection, treatment and
recovery of waste electrical equipment. The regulations also mean that suppliers
of equipment like high street shops and internet retailers must allow consumers
to return their waste equipment free of charge.
The amount of WEEE we throw away is increasing by around 5% each year, making it
the fastest growing waste stream in the UK .
* Much of the UK ’s WEEE ends up in landfill, where the lead and other toxins it
contains can cause soil and water contamination. This can have a harmful effect
on natural habitat, wildlife and also human health.
* Many electrical items that we throw away can be repaired or
recycled. Recycling items helps to save our natural finite resources and also
reduces the environmental and health risks associated with sending electrical
goods to landfill.
Distributors of new Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have a part to play
in reducing the amount of WEEE going into landfill sites.
Cricklewood Electronics Ltd is obliged under these regulations to offer our
customers free take-back of their WEEE on a like-for-like basis when they buy a
new electrical or electronic product from us.
For example, if a customer bought a new DVR from us, we would accept their old DVR
and prevent it going into a landfill site by disposing of it safely. Customers
must return their WEEE item to us within 28 days of purchasing their new item.
Under the WEEE Regulations, all new electrical goods should now be marked with
the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol shown below:
Goods are marked with this symbol to
show that they were produced after 13th August 2005 , and should be disposed of
separately from normal household waste so that they can be recycled.
