In the European Union (EU), waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is now subject to legislation designed to prevent the disposal of such waste and to encourage proper treatment measures to minimize the amount of waste ultimately disposed to landfill. The objective of the EU WEEE Directive is to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment. In particular, the EU WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC (the WEEE Directive) requires that 'Producers' of electronic equipment be responsible for the collection, reuse, recycling and treatment of WEEE which the Producer places on the EU market after 13th August 2005. Sorion, as an electronics producer, endeavours to meet these environmental responsibilities for managing WEEE. In so doing, Sorion is providing the following information for its customers about Sorion’s WEEE collection process.
To comply with the EU WEEE Directive, the UK government has implemented the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 (Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 3289). Sorion is providing a product take back process to cover, treatment, recovery and disposal of all electrical and electronic equipment sold to our business customers (B2B) in the UK on and after 13th August 2005.
If you have purchased Sorion branded electrical or electronic products in the UK on and after 13th August 2005, and are intending to discard these products at the end of their useful life, please do not dispose of them with your general waste. Sorion is labelling its electronic products with the WEEE label (crossed out wheelie bin) to alert our customers that products bearing this label should not be disposed of in a landfill. Instead, please be aware that Sorion is providing a goods return and treatment facility available to you for recycling these products. Sorion will take back the labelled electrical product and its associated cables.
To help in the proper handling of electronic products at the end of their useful life, Sorion requests you return those products using the instructions provided here, so that the products can be delivered, or collected, dismantled for reuse and recycling, and properly treated. To return these products to Sorion, please phone 0121 454 8966.
Only authorised WEEE returns will be accepted. You will be requested to ensure the items are sufficiently packaged – correctly labelled and limited in overall weight, before delivery or collection will be accepted.
Historical waste is defined as WEEE purchased before 13th August 2005.
End of life Sorion branded historical WEEE. The WEEE Directive does not legislate that Sorion, as a producer, shall collect end of life historical WEEE of its own brand, unless it is being replaced by new Sorion equipment on a like for like basis. This end of life WEEE should be recycled appropriately by the owner who should use proper treatment and recycling measures. It should not be disposed to landfill. If you would like Sorion to help you with its disposal, Sorion will consider making arrangements for your end of life Sorion product and a WEEE management fee will apply.
Like for like replacement historical WEEE; Under the WEEE Directive Sorion are obliged to provide a take back process for any equipment purchased before 13th August 2005 on a like for like basis (like for like – is defined as equipment being replaced a new purchase of Sorion supplied equipment providing the same basic function).
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