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
thrown away is increasing by around 5% each year, making it the fastest growing
waste stream in the UK.
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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.
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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.
GettingPersonal.co.uk
is 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 EEE 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.
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.
If you wish to return
a WEEE item to us, please contact customer services on 0161 947 5900 or email
ask@gettingpersonal.co.uk to obtain
a WEEE booking number from us.
