Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment - Veripos LD6 Operation Manual

Introduction

1.8 Waste electrical and electronic equipment

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (hereinafter referred to as the
"WEEE directive") places an obligation on EU-based manufacturers, distributors,
retailers and importers to take back electronic products at the end of their useful life. A
sister directive, RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) complements the WEEE
directive by banning the presence of specific hazardous substances in the products at
the design phase. The WEEE directive covers all VERIPOS products imported into the
EU as of August 13 2005. EU-based manufacturers, distributors, retailers and importers
are obliged to finance the costs of recovery from municipal collection points, reuse, and
recycling of specified percentages per the requirements contained in the WEEE
Directive.
Instructions for disposal of WEEE by users in the European Union
Products which have the undernoted symbol located on either the product itself or its
packaging indicates that the product must not be disposed of with other waste. Instead,
it is the user's responsibility to dispose of the product by handing it over to a designated
collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment
(hereinafter referred to as "WEEE").
The separate collection and recycling of your WEEE at the time of disposal will help to
conserve natural resources and ensure that it is recycled in a manner that protects
human health and the environment. For more information about recycling centres,
please contact the local city office, the household waste disposal service or the product
supplier.
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