Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Policy
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Regulation 2006 (WEEE)
Under the terms of the above agreement Gymworld Ltd as a distributor of goods that fall under the above must offer to our customers the facility to dispose of their unwanted EEE relative to the above directive.
Under Article 2 of the Directive each EU member state is required to minimise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high level of collection of WEEE for treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal
From July 2007 these regulations came into force to encourage people to arrange for their waste electrical equipment to be collected and recycled rather than throwing them away
In an attempt to minimise the harmful effects of dumping waste electrical products in landfill sites we provide our customers with the means to prevent this when they buy an item classed as EEE.
- a) Take Back System: you may return to us an equivalent electrical item when purchasing a new EEE i.e. if you purchase a treadmill from us you may return your old treadmill to us for environmental disposal there is no cost to you other than the cost you may incur in transporting the item to our warehouse.
- b) Collection system: you may ask us to collect your old item after your new one has been delivered again on a like for like basis, in these circumstances we will seek only to recover our costs of doing so, i.e. transportation costs.
Gymworld Ltd as a distributor is committed to minimising the impact that these products have on the environment and will ensure that all WEEE returned to us will be disposed of in a manner in accordance with the regulation. Many EEE items contain substances which, if disposed of as municipal waste may cause harmful effects to human health and to the environment. In addition to the above Gymworld Ltd recycles wherever possible any waste produced by the business.
You may have noticed the 'crossed out wheelie-bin' symbol which appears on EEE, this symbol is to advise that the product should not be disposed of as 'household-waste' when no longer required but should be sent for disposal, your distributor will be able to provide information on how to do this.
Should you have any questions regarding the above directive then further information is available from the web site www.berr.gov.uk/files/file35992.pdf
