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.
Discount Heating 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 new electric fire was purchased from us we would
accept your old electric fire and prevent it going into a landfill site by
disposing of it safely. Customers must return their WEEE item (at their
own expense) 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.
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.
For more information please see HERE
