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Appendix B Safety and Regulatory Compliance
Information
Battery Directive
In September 2006, the European Union's Directive 2006/66/EC (Battery Directive) came into
force with an aim to prohibit the sale of batteries and accumulators containing hazardous
substances and to set rules and promote collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of waste
batteries and accumulators. This directive applies to spent batteries collected together with WEEE
and requires their removal and separate collection. Once removed from WEEE, spent batteries are
governed by the Battery Directive. Harmonic uses lithium batteries in its products and our
responsibility under the Battery Directive is taken care of under our WEEE Take-Back program.
For more information, please visit Batteries and Accumulators directive page at official EU
website.
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/batteries/
Harmonic is committed to manufacturing environmentally safe products for the community, and
will make reasonable efforts and required adjustments to its practices, if necessary, to comply
with various environmental directives and industry initiatives on the elimination of hazardous
substances, labeling, marking, certification and registration as required in markets where we sell
our products.
Download Harmonic's Environmental Compliance Statement at the following location:
http://www.harmonicinc.com/sites/default/filesEnvironmental%20Compliance%20Statement.pdf
WEEE Take-Back Request Program
In order to assist EU member states to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the
environment, protect human health and utilize natural resources prudently and rationally,
Harmonic strives to recycle in compliance with the WEEE Directive any of its products that cannot
be re-used.
Harmonic's customers should:
Not discard equipment in household or office garbage
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Arrange proper recycling of unneeded equipment. For the take-back of Harmonic equipment,
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customers must:
Collect the information required to complete Harmonic's WEEE Take-Back Request form
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Complete and submit the online WEEE Take-Back Request form. Please note that forms
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must be fully completed in order to prevent process delays
Receive instant online confirmation indicating the reference number
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Receive the End of Life (EOL) asset return authorization number and instruction for EOL
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asset return
Not ship EOL product to Harmonic without a Harmonic-provided EOL asset return
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authorization number
The crossed-out wheeled bin symbol on a Harmonic-branded commercial product indicates that
the product should not be disposed of along with municipal waste, but invites our customers to
return the product to us under Harmonic's WEEE Take-Back program for product disposal.
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