WEEE

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

WEEE REGULATIONS

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is now UK Law.  The legislation aims to make producers pay for the collection, treatment and recovery of waste electrical equipment.  The regulations also mean that suppliers of equipment like high street shops and internet retailers must allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.

The amount of WEEE we throw away is increasing by around 5% each year, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the UK.

• Much of the UK's WEE ends up in landfill, where the lead and other toxins it contains can cause soil and water contamination.  This can have a harmful effect on natural habitat, wildlife and also human health.
• Many electrical items that we throw away can be repaired or recycled.  Recycling items helps to save our natural finite resources and also reduces the environmental and health risks associated with sending electrical goods to landfill.

Provision of Free take-back for both internet or in store purchase.   

House of Sher (UK) Ltd is obligated under these regulations to offer our customers free take-back of their WEEE on a like for like basis when they buy a new Electrical or Electronic product from us either in store or internet.

For example, if a customer bought a new kettle (such as Morphy Richard Jug Kettle) from us we would accept their old kettle (Prestige Kettle) and prevent it going into a landfill site by disposing of it safely.  Customers must return their WEEE item to us within 28 days of purchasing their new item.

Other information

UK households dispose of 1.2 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste every year.  This is equivalent of 150,000 double decker buses and would be enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium 6 times over.

Much of the UK's electronic waste ends up 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 being incinerated.

To remind you to recycle, all new electrical products are marked with a crossed out wheeled bin symbol.

Goods are marked with this symbol to show that they were produced after 13^th August 2005, and should be disposed of separately from normal household waste so that they can be recycled.

How to return:

• EEE item can be handed into our premises at 201-213 Wallace Street, Glasgow G5  8NT up to 28 days from date of purchase.  Please supply proof of purchase e.g. receipt.
• EEE item can be posted to our premises at 201-213 Wallace Street, Glasgow G5  8NT up to 28 days from date of purchase.  Providing proof of purchase e.g. internet invoice/receipt.

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