Non-household EEE (B2B) system

Where the producer puts EEE on the market for non household use after 13 August 2005 and when this is subsequently discarded as waste by the non household (business) end user in the UK, the producer must finance the collection, treatment, recovery, recycling and environmentally sound disposal of such WEEE. All such ‘new’ EEE should be marked with the crossed out wheelie bin symbol to identify it.

Where the producer sells EEE on the market to replace EEE for non household use put on the market prior to 13th August 2005 (regardless of brand / manufacturer) the producer must finance the collection, treatment, recovery, recycling and environmentally sound disposal of such WEEE (the EEE much serve an equivalent function).

Business end users with WEEE that was purchased prior to 13th August 2005 are responsible for disposal of such WEEE themselves (still via an authorised treatment facility) if they are not replacing such WEEE with new EEE.

Non household producers must (via their compliance schemes) report evidence to the appropriate regulatory authority to show that they have met their non household financing obligations. This is typically done via approved and authorised treatment facilities (AATF) issuing non household WEEE evidence notes in the WEEE Settlement Centre.

Washing machines an example of non-household EEE