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Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment:

Protecting the environment for sustainable development

We all have a role to play when it comes to protecting the environment. To encourage sustainable development, we need to change our consumer habits. Valuable components in old, broken or unwanted electrical and electronic devices are lost forever when they are disposed of alongside regular household waste. Certain substances within these devices can damage the environment or put public health at risk. Electronic and electrical equipment should be disposed of properly so that valuable parts can be recycled and dangerous components be disposed of correctly.

Waste management WEEE

Legislation has been put in place to ensure selected electronic and electrical devices are collected and sent to facilities that can dispose of them properly and retrieve or recycle any valuable components. These specialist facilities also see to it that any dangerous substances contained in such devices are removed and safely disposed of to help make recycling easier.

Funding the recycling process

To cover the cost of collecting, removing, processing, storing and recycling waste electronic and electrical equipment, the price of each product now includes a sum specifically for this purpose. This sum covers the future cost of recycling the product. It is paid directly to an accredited organisation responsible for processing this type of waste. The organisation decides the amount due for each product, and depends on the type of product you’re buying. Additional criteria are then used to evaluate the amount of material to be recycled, these can include the weight of the product, the capacity of a fridge or the screen size of a television or monitor. A price breakdown is given for all of the products on our website that are subject to this charge. You’ll see three different prices: the price of the product, the WEEE charge and the total price of the product including all taxes.