Are you a retailer of WEEE?
If you need a cost-effective disposal route for end of life electrical and electronic equipment that will satisfy all your duty of care requirements, then we can help.
Many electrical and electronic pieces of equipment, such as TVs and monitors containing CRTs, fluorescent lighting, fridges and freezers, are now covered under the hazardous waste regulations and need to be disposed of either via costly special hazardous waste landfill sites or by being sent for treatment and recycling at authorised facilities.
We have a range of solutions in place for taking away the WEEE disposal problem from high street retailers and their distribution companies. These solutions can be customised depending on volume, location, local storage facilities, type of equipment. For example, we can use our own transport or discuss integration into your own logistics operation.
There is no lower threshold for the amount of EEE sold within a retail outlet and therefore possibly over 100,000 UK retailers will face an obligation under the WEEE regulations. UK retailers selling new electrical or electronic goods to end users are required to provide a free take back system for WEEE for private households.
For those retailers opting not to join the distributor take-back service (DTS) there is an obligation to offer instore take-back. For retailers taking the option of offering their customers free in-store take back for all categories of EEE sold, they have to fund the transportation of such WEEE to a designated collection facility (DCF), at which point the producers take over the financing responsibility. For retailers seeking to partner with a producer compliance scheme to handle such returned WEEE then contact Comply Direct on 0844 873 1034 or email
In addition, if you are a retailer and import EEE into the UK from either the EU or the rest of the world, and you are invoiced from outside the UK, then you are likely to pick up a producer obligation in addition to your retailer obligation. Comply Direct offers a simple and low cost solution for fulfilling your producer obligation.
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Whichever route taken, all separately collected WEEE must have an end result of re-use, recovery or recycling. Our focus is to always help you handle waste effectively and generate revenue where possible. For more information about our cost-effective WEEE solutions then request a quote or contact the team on 0844 873 1034.
