Why are we involved?
Recycling facilities are now available for all customers where you can deposit your old electrical products. This is a requirement under UK and European legislation (The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment – or WEEE – Directive). The aim of the legislation is to:
• Make good use of the materials that make up old electrical equipment by recycling rather than disposing of it in a landfill.
• Prevent the negative environmental effects of sending often hazardous electrical equipment to landfills.
As a conscientious business, Airconco (UK) Ltd has chosen to join the ‘Distributor Take Back Scheme’ with other retailers. Through this scheme, we have contributed to improving recycling facilities for our customers.
How does this work in practice?
Customers can take any old electrical equipment to participating civic amenity sites (often known as ‘household waste recycling centres’) run by their local councils. Please remember that this equipment will be further handled during the recycling process, so please be considerate when depositing your equipment.
Funding collected through the Distributor Take Back Scheme has been distributed between all Local Authorities in the UK to ensure the provision of improved recycling facilities. Producers of these products will then ensure that deposited items are taken away and recycled.
Where to dispose of electrical equipment?
Old electrical waste should not be disposed of with household waste wherever practical. You can locate your closest participating collection site at www.recycle-more.co.uk (please remember to have your postcode to hand).
Other information
UK households dispose of over 1.2 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste annually. This is the equivalent of 150,000 double-decker buses and would be enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium six times over.
Much of the UK’s electronic waste is in landfill sites, where toxins put communities at risk. Failure to segregate any type of recyclable material in the home will usually result in items being disposed of in a landfill site (buried in the ground in the UK) or incinerated. To remind you to recycle, all new electrical products are marked with a crossed-out wheeled bin symbol.
With effect from July 2007, the UK’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations require that all producers of electrical equipment pay for these items to be recycled when they become waste. These regulations also require that all retailers actively assist in delivering a UK-wide WEEE collection infrastructure and encourage consumers to recycle electronic equipment.
So that you can recycle your waste electrical goods, we have contributed to a national fund to assist local councils in further developing their existing waste electronics collection facilities. This will, in turn, allow producers of this equipment to meet their obligations.
Not all council sites are suitable for collecting all types of waste electrical goods, but to find your nearest participating site (including other collection facilities that may not be operated by the council) and for advice on all aspects of recycling at home, please visit www.recycle-more.co.uk.
Electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams, and much of it can be recycled, and resources can be recovered to make new consumer goods. To ensure your waste electronics don’t contribute to damaging the environment, please use www.recycle-more.co.uk and recycle today. To partially meet our obligations as a distributor as defined in the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations (SI 2006 No. 3289 – 11th December 2006), we have opted to become a full member of the Distributor Take back Scheme (DTS) as defined in regulation 35 of the WEEE Regulations.
As a member of the DTS, we have made a financial contribution toward the development of the network of Designated Collection Facilities (DCFs) for WEEE instead of collecting waste items in-store. This financial contribution is described in paragraphs 83 to 88 of the UK WEEE guidance and has been used to improve the WEEE collection facilities located at Local Authority Civic Amenity sites. To locate your local WEEE collection site, please visit www.recycle-more.co.uk or contact our customer services department.
View our WEEE Distributor Take Back Scheme Certificate
View our WEEE Environment Agency Producer Registration Number