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 WEEE Regulations

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is now UK law. This 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 customers 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 a 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 we throw away can be repaired or recycled. Recycling items helps to save our natural finite resources and also reduces the enviromental 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.

Under these regulations Inhouse offers our customers free take-back of their WEEE on a like-for-like basis* when you buy from us a new Electrical a new Electrical or Electronic product.

For Example, if a customer buys 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.

** Definition of 'like for like':

(a) It is of equivalent type to new equipment.

(b) It has fufilled the same function as the new equipment.

Under the WEEE Regulations, all new electrical goods should now be marked with the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol.


Alternatively you can recycle any waste electrical or electronic item at your local WEEE recycling depot.

For full details please contact your local authority or visit www.recycle-more.co.uk 		   
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