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WEEE RECYCLING
This legislation was introduced to compel technology manufacturers and retailers to dispose of this waste type safely. Many of these items, including IT equipment and fluorescent tubes, are now categorised under the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005, and can no longer be sent for disposal to be dumped at landfill sites. Since all businesses use IT equipment in some way or another, the Directive affects nearly every UK business, however many companies believe this will either not apply to them or will not affect them. It will. A recent survey (Source: Lombard GATX Technology report in Materials Recycling 22/10/2004) has found that most businesses are still not aware of what the legislation means and half of 250 IT managers surveyed said they were unprepared. The cost of arranging for collection and recycling of any equipment was estimated by three-quarters of the participants as being up to 5% of their annual spending on IT. The longer companies delay, the higher the cost will be. But despite the cost, 92% agreed that more must be done to divert IT waste from landfill and into the recycling chain. Hannay have developed WEEE recycling solutions. The WEEE collection groupings (Category 1 - 10) have been proposed to simplify collection and treatment arrangements, and by listening to our customers we have been able to provide a unique range of options designed to be relevant, simple, cost-effective and compliant with all legislation. Hannay's WEEE Solutions provide existing and new customers with a safe and hassle free method for disposing of all their waste electrical equipment. For office clearouts, large and small, our Helping Hand service is the simplest and safest solution. Our trained operatives will call at your office and remove all mixed items. In all cases we will arrange the necessary paperwork, including Section 62 documentation and the Destruction/Recycling Certificates, thus ensuring compliance. To illustrate the flexibility of our solution, for larger quantities we can supply our new WEEE recycling containers. These innovative walk-in storage containers are purpose built for various types of WEEE waste including fluorescent tubes, cables, PC monitors and so on, whilst for smaller quantities of mixed items, like air fresheners, office calculators and ink cartridges, for example, we provide lidded HazSafe office boxes. |
The
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive sets
collection, recycling and recovery targets for all types of electrical
products with an implementation date of 1st June 2006.