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We can advise you to comply with the WEEE Regulations through our bespoke services for producers and distributors. The following information gives more details about these services and what you should do next.
Are you affected?
You may be impacted by the WEEE Regulations as a ‘producer’ or ‘distributor’ according to your business activities.
Your company will be called a producer if it produces, imports or re-brands electrical or electronic equipment in the UK . As a producer your company will be required to finance the collection, treatment and recovery of WEEE and to also complete several paperwork and reporting functions.
Your company will be called a ‘distributor‘ if it provides electrical or electronic equipment on a commercial basis which is then placed on the UK market. Shops, internet re-sellers and catalogue/tele-sales companies are all types of distributors according to the legal wording of the Regulations, although the term ‘retailer’ is normally used in every-day terms.
Producers should…
- Join an approved producer compliance scheme by 15th November each year. To do this you will need to pay a registration fee and sign up to the scheme’s membership agreement. If you missed last year’s deadline you can still register throughout the year, however, you should register within 28 days of placing electrical equipment on the market.
- Supply data on the amount of electrical and electronic equipment you put on the market during the previous calendar year and state whether the equipment you supplied was intended for household or business use. We Can send you a data submission templates and guidance on how to do this.
- Meet the various marking requirements often known as the ‘crossed out wheeled bin symbol’ ‘producer identification mark’ and ‘date mark’. We will explain how to do this effectively and provide templates that you can use to save time.
- Issue your producer registration number (given to you after you register with the scheme) to anyone who distributes or sells your equipment. We’ll explain how to do this and what you need to display and where.
- Finance the costs associated with the treatment, recovery and disposal of WEEE and ensure you meet the required targets set by the Regulations. We will help you understand the costs and arrangements that apply to business users, we can, if required, take on some or all of these obligations according to the level of support you need.
- Provide information on how your products can be reused and treated safely into the future when they become a waste. We Can help you assess and coordinate this information.
Distributors of household equipment should…
- Facilitate the take-back of household WEEE from UK consumers free of charge. We can guide you through the requirements of how to offer like-for-like take back and the opportunities to offset these obligations through contracts. .
- Keep records on the amount of take-back performed. We can help you with templates and guidance on these reporting functions.
- Provide environmental information to consumers. We can, if required perform these functions on your behalf and publicise your sound environmental performance on various websites.
- If you have taken back household WEEE from UK consumers you may dispose of it at an authorised treatment facility. We can help advise of your nearest facility if required.
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