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WEEE Care

WEEE Care Consultancy

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Safety Management (UK) offers an in-depth guidance service to ensure your business complies with the Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2006. Whatever your needs, you can be sure we have a solution to match.

Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations 2006

Commencing 1 July 2007 any business that manufactures, brands or imports electrical and electronic equipment are responsible for the cost of collection, treatment and recycling of obligated WEEE generated in the UK. The regulations also affect distributors and retailers of EEE as well as end users.

Producer Compliance

The WEEE Regulations are intended to transfer the responsibility (and the cost) of dealing with electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) at the end of its life, from the user to the producer. You are a producer if you:

As a producer, there are several requirements you have to meet:

Retail Compliance

You are a retailer or "distributor" under the WEEE regulations if you sell Electrical or Electronic Equipment (EEE) to end-users in the UK, however you sell them, e.g. through retail facilities, by mail or internet order etc. You do not have any financial responsibilities for ensuring WEEE is recycled or treated, but:

As a distributor of household EEE you must:

Facilitate the take-back of household WEEE by either:

If the latter, you must provide information on the facilities available to consumers for the separate collection of household WEEE in you area, and provide information to customers on the environmental aspects of the products when they become waste.

Further information is available via the WeeeCare website

To discuss your requirements, or if you don't see what you are looking for, please use our contact form so we can advise you on the best course of action. Alternatively you can e-mail us or call +44 (0)1524 784356

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