Under
the Austrian Ordinance on Waste Prevention, Collection and Treatment of Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE Ordinance) that came into force on
August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from Black Box after August 13th
2005, Black Box is required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and
recovery of WEEE that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one,
like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from Black Box
replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under the WEEE Ordinance, Black
Box is also required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and
recovery of any electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Black Box
after August
13th
2005 when that equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New
WEEE.
Black Box products are very competitively priced. Any new
increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Black Box is normally
reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing
the prices of our products Black Box has decided to share these new
environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being
transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to
address.
Our approach to sharing these new
environmental costs are:
Black
Box has established a recycling contract with ERA.
All Historic and New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Black Box products
is classed as non-hazardous waste**
**
Black Box customers sending equipment for recycling are advised that you MUST
remove all batteries PRIOR to collection to avoid the equipment being classed
as hazardous waste.
Under
Austrian waste management regulations, you are free to use any carrier you wish
to collect and transport the Historic and New WEEE to ERA.
