Introduction
Our policy statement outlines the environmental commitments and social obligations we undertake in our trading.
Airconco (UK) Ltd is totally committed to environmentally sound practices, preventing environmental pollution, and ensuring the preservation of natural resources.
Commitment & Objectives
We will make every endeavour to prevent environmental damage by minimising energy used within our offices and warehouse,s and to ensure that sustainable development is operational through all of our offices.
Therefore, it is our commitment to:
We support the recycling and reuse of all materials where possible while ensuring that we can maintain a professional and safe working environment.
We shall establish and measure our environmental performance against the objectives we will set regularly. We will ensure that any mistakes are quickly rectified and that the current practices are changed appropriately.
We will always comply and, if possible, try to exceed the requirements of any such environmental laws.
All wastes that arise from our business activities will be legally disposed of. We will provide our staff with adequate and appropriate information and full training to ensure they are competent in all matters of minimising environmental damage.
The objectives and principles that we are working towards
The following are the objectives recognised by the UK Government:
Conservation of natural resources
Environmental protection
Equality and social progress
The stability of economic growth
Thus, we consider it both our moral and legal responsibility to ensure that none of our business activities damage the environment. We wish to enhance and sustain the environment, and we will do everything within our power to encourage our suppliers and our customers to make every effort to act similarly.
Our Environmental Policy relating to Air Conditioning
We will ensure that all of our products will meet, at the very least, all European Legislation.
We will only purchase air conditioning equipment from large international manufacturers with similar environmental policies and objectives to our company.
We will ensure that all of our portable air conditioning equipment is de-gassed in accordance with the WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive, which came into force on 2nd January 2007.
The Air Conditioning Company is committed to using only equipment that promotes refrigerants with a reduced environmental impact.
WEEE
The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive requires all EU Member countries to maximise the separate collection, reuse, and recycling of WEEE. The UK WEEE Regulations (derived from this Directive) apply to all Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) placed on the market in the UK and covered by the scope of these Regulations.
Under the UK WEEE Regulations, “Producers” must mark all relevant EEE with a “crossed-out wheelie bin” symbol to remind consumers not to discard WEEE in the domestic waste stream. Airconco (UK) Ltd encourages all of its customers to make note of this symbol and avoid putting any WEEE in your domestic waste bin(s) or container(s).
Airconco (UK) Ltd supports the reuse and recycling of WEEE as there are several environmental benefits to doing so, such as reducing raw material and energy usage, preventing landfills, and preventing hazardous and/or toxic materials present in some WEEE from contaminating the environment.
As a Producer under the UK WEEE Regulations, Airconco (UK) Ltd complies with its Producer Obligations by being registered as a Member of the WeeeCare Compliance Scheme and obtaining the WEEE Producer Registration Number – WEE/KF0002ZR
Under the UK WEEE Regulations, “Distributors” are required to provide a “take-back” system that allows customers (end users) to return (or “take-back”) their WEEE to a Distributor free of charge when supplying new EEE on a like-for-like basis.
As a B2B Producer and/or Distributor under the UK WEEE Regulations, Airconco (UK) Ltd allows end users of EEE placed on the market in the UK to return WEEE to us free of charge on a like-for-like basis for new EEE purchased. Such WEEE can be returned to the following location: Unit 4 Bittacy Business Centre, Bittacy Hill, London NW7 1BA, or contact WeeeCare.
If you would prefer us to collect your WEEE from your premises, please contact us, as there will be a transport charge for such WEEE from your premises and delivery of such WEEE to an Approved Authorised Treatment Facility (AATF). The charge will only cover the cost of transportation and handling. It will not include any cost in relation to the treatment or reprocessing of WEEE as defined by the Regulations.
Alternatively, there is a network of recycling centres across the UK where consumers of WEEE can also take WEEE free of charge to be discarded, reused and/or recycled. The complete list of locations can be found at www.recyclenow.com
In addition, if a retailer supplying new EEE from retail premises with a sales area relating to EEE of at least 400m², the retailer must provide for the takeback of very small WEEE free of charge to the end user, who has no obligation to buy EEE of an equivalent type.