Under the proposed UK
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations, for equipment
that you buy from Black Box after July 2006, 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 UK WEEE Regulations, Black Box is also required to
finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical
and electronic equipment that you buy from them after July 2006, when that new
equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.
Black Box is required to provide these arrangements starting
from 1 July 2007.
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 the European Advanced Recycling
Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment,
recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN facility
in the UK . 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.
It is your responsibility
to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to EARN.
In order to meet UK Duty of Care Regulations for waste disposal, you should use
one of the following carriers (which hold a valid Waste Carriers License):
