E-Waste Management Guidelines - Midea MWMTL075ZOF Owner's Manual

E-waste Management Guidelines

PERTAINING TO THE E-WASTE RULES
Proper Handling and / or Recycling of the Washing Machines
Under the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011 (hereafter referred to as the "E-Waste Rules"), it is incumbent for all
consumers, including the purchaser of this washing machines, to properly recycle and dispose of all electrical and electronic
equipment through authorized recyclers.
E-Waste has been defined as "waste electrical and electronic equipment, whole or in part or rejects from their manufacturing
and repair process, which are intended to be discarded".
E-Waste contains various hazardous materials like lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls
and polybrominateddiphenyls ethers. Hence, improper handling and disposal of e-waste releases these hazardous material in
the environment causing pollution, contamination of soil and water and various health hazards.
Through, the product purchased by you is ROHS compliant & does not contain any hazardous material above the prescribed
limit under the E-Waste Rules, it is imperative that the product should be handled with utmost caution and as per the
guidelines mentioned in this manual including the following Do's and Don'ts : -
Hand over the E-Waste to the Company / Authorised
recycles.
E-Waste should never be thrown in household bins.
Keep the product in isolated area, after it becomes
non-functional/un-repairable so as to prevent its
accidental breakage.
The product should not be opened by the User
himself/herself, but only by authorised service
personnel.
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Never sell the e-waste to any unauthorized agencies,
scrap dealer/kabadiwalahs.
Never throw E-Waste in bins as part of household waste.
Never keep E-Waste in open and exposed area,
accessible by all.
Never open/dismantle any e-waste on your own.
E-waste Management Guidelines
The following marking/symbol on the product or carton indicates that the product and its accessories/parts (e.g. remote
controller, batteries, spare parts etc.) should not be disposed off with other household waste at the end of their working life.
Please separate these items from other types of waste and recycle them responsibly for conservation of the environment and
collective well-being.
E-Waste Recycling Program
We have tied up with government approved e-waste recycles for facilitating the collection of e-waste from our channel
partners and customers for recycling. You are simply required to call our toll free number 1800 30 00 00 11 and register your
request for collection of e-waste. Once your request is received, the representatives of the authorized recycles would collect
the e-waste from your house/psemises after paying the value of the same to you. For more details and information on our E-
Waste Recycling Program kindly visit our website.
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