Collection and Recycling Arrangements in The Netherlands
Under the Dutch Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Management
Regulations which came into force on January 1st 2005, the financing of
collection and recycling of any waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) arising from equipment bought before August 13th 2005 is the customers
responsibility. This is regardless of whether the equipment is being replaced
by a new piece of equipment from Black Box. Equipment purchased before August
13th 2005 is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under the WEEE Management Regulations, Black Box is required to finance the collection, treatment,
recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you
buy from Black Box after August 13th 2005, when that new 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:
All 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.
WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Black Box equipment in The Netherlands
Under Section 16 of the WEEE Management Regulations, Black Box must provide
annual information of the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic
equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within the
Netherlands.
The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period August 2005 to July 2006.