Recycling
Recycling of Electrical & Electronic equipment (source: www.recycle-more.co.uk)
Recycling of Electrical and Electronic equipment
The WEEE regulations have been in force since 1st july 2007 which means that each eu member state no has a legal obligation to minimise the disposal of weee in landfill sites.
The broad aim of the weee regulations is to address the environmental impacts of electrical and electronic equipment when it reaches the end of its life.
regulation 33
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.
b) The collection and take back systems available to them.
c) Your 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.
We all have a responsibility to contributing to the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of weee under these regulations.
Baron Managed Services are obliged under these regulations to offer our customers free take-back of their WEEE on a like-for-like basis when you buy from us a new Electrical or Electronic product.
For example, if a customer bought a new WEEE item from us we would accept their old WEEE item 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.
Alternatively find your nearest recycling centre by going to www.recycle-more.co.uk then press bank locator and enter your postcode to find your nearest recycling centre.
Over 75% of waste electrical goods end up in landfill, where lead and other toxins contained in the electrical goods can cause soil and water contamination.