Denmark
has adopted a different approach to implementing
the Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE) Directive compared to other EU Member States.
The WEEE Directive is transposed by the Danish
Order for WEEE which came into force on August 1st
2005. Under the Order, local authorities
must establish a collection system for WEEE from
private households (B2C WEEE) and also for WEEE
from businesses (B2B WEEE). The collection system
must be established by April 1st 2006 and can be
in the form of:
Denmark
is the only EC Member State in which businesses
can supply their WEEE for collection and recycling
alongside household WEEE through local authority
collection schemes.
When
equipment that you bought before April 1st 2006
becomes waste (known as Historic WEEE) we recommend
that you make use of the collection scheme provided
free-of-charge by your local authority. If you buy
a new item of Black Box equipment after April
1st 2006 to replace this Historic WEEE on a one-for-one,
like-for-like basis and do not want to use the free
collection scheme provided by the local authority,
we can arrange to collect the Historic WEEE from
you at your request. However, our costs for providing
this service may be included in the purchase price
of the new equipment that we supply to you.
As
recommended under the WEEE Order, our sales terms
and conditions have been amended so that for all
new Black Box equipment that you purchase after
April 1st 2006, you are required to make use of
the free collection scheme provided by the local
authority.
Details
about your local authority’s free collection
scheme will be provided by the Danish WEEE System
when this is formally launched. In the mean time,
you can contact the technical administration team
at your local municipal council for details about
the free collection scheme provided by your local
authority.
Black Box
is required to report to the Danish WEEE System
the total quantity of new equipment that it sells
in Denmark after April 1st 2006.
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