Chapter 9: Product Environmental Information - Faro FOCUS3D X 130 User Manual

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FARO Laser Scanner Focus X 130 Manual
January 2014
Chapter 9: Product Environmental
Information
Legislation is now in place within the European Union (EU) that regulates waste
from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). European Directive 2002/96/
EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (the WEEE Directive)
stipulates that WEEE is now subject to regulations designed to prevent the
disposal of such waste and to encourage design and treatment measures to
minimize the amount of waste that is placed into the waste stream. The objective
of the WEEE Directive is to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the
environment, protect human health, and stimulate the practical use of natural
resources. Specifically, the WEEE Directive requires that producers of electrical
and electronic equipment be responsible for the collection, reuse, recycling and
treatment of WEEE which the Producer places on the EU market after August 13,
2005.
FARO Technologies, Inc., as a producer of electrical and electronic equipment
(EEE), has endeavored to meet these environmental responsibilities for
managing WEEE. In so doing, FARO is providing the following to inform its
customers about the WEEE collection process:
In order to avoid any potential dissemination of hazardous substances into the
environment, FARO has labeled this product with the WEEE symbol (see below)
in order to alert the end-user that it should be disposed of within the proper waste
management system. That system will recycle, reuse, and dispose of materials
from this product in an environmentally sound way.
The symbol represented below, and found on this FARO Technologies product,
indicates that this product meets the European Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment. This symbol, only applicable in European
Union countries, indicates that when this product reaches the end of its useful life
it should not be disposed of with normal household or municipal waste, but in an
established waste stream for WEEE.
Each EU Member State country has established a system for the collection,
disposal, and recycling of WEEE. End-users in the EU should contact their local
waste administration system for collection instructions concerning this product.
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