Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Your business must store, collect, treat, recycle and dispose of
waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) separately from your other waste. You must obtain and keep proof that your WEEE was given to a waste management company, and was treated and disposed of in an environmentally sound way.
Common types of WEEE include:
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computers and other office equipment
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fluorescent light tubes
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fridges
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washing machines
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TVs
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automatic dispensers.
If your business
produces,
distributes or
sells electrical or electronic equipment you may have to comply with additional requirements under the WEEE Regulations.
For more information see our WEEE guidance.
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
If your business manufactures, recycles, imports, exports or rebrands electrical or electronic equipment you must limit the amount of certain
hazardous substances in
new equipment. For more information see our RoHS guidance:
Restriction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
If your WEEE contains
hazardous substances, you may need to deal with it as hazardous/special waste. Examples include fluorescent light tubes and televisions that contain cathode ray tubes:
Hazardous/special waste
Good practice
You can reduce your waste management costs and help the environment by
reusing or
recycling your electrical and electronic equipment wherever possible:
Recycling your business waste
Source:
www.netregs.gov.uk
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