WEEE Regulations
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.
www.kitchkof.com 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 toaster
from us we would accept their old toaster
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.
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