A D Young and WEEE Compliant Disposal

We will ensure that all your end of life and redundant computer hardware is recycled. Being refurbished and reused ensures that your hardware is disposed of in full compliance with the WEEE directive

We currently offer a printer disposal service to a range of clients,
including Councils, NHS, Universities and Colleges

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The Government is planning implementation of the WEEE and RoHS Directives.

Why Target Electrical and Electronic Equipment?

At an EU level, WEEE has been identified as a Priority Waste Stream.

There are three reasons for this:

The amount of WEEE generated in the Community is growing rapidly

The content of hazardous components in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is a major concern

Recycling of WEEE is not undertaken to a sufficient extent

At least (and probably considerably more than) 1 million tonnes of WEEE from domestic and commercial sources is discarded in the UK every year and it is estimated that this waste stream is growing by 4 - 8% a year.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was agreed on 13 February 2003, along with the related Directive on Restrictions of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS).

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) aims to minimise the impacts of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their life times and when they become waste. It applies to a huge spectrum of products. It encourages and sets criteria for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment. It makes producers responsible for financing most of these activities (producer responsibility). Private householders are to be able to return WEEE without charge.

The RoHS Directive will ban the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants from 1 July 2006. There are a number of exempted applications for these substances. RoHS takes its scope broadly from the WEEE Directive. Manufacturers will need to ensure that their products - and their components - comply in order to stay on the Single Market. If they do not, they will need to redesign products.