Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

WEEE Regulations:

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is now UK law. The legislation aims to make producers pay for the collection, treatment and recovery of waste electrical equipment.  The regulations also mean that suppliers of equipment like high street shops and internet retailers must allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.

The amount of WEEE we throw away is increasing by around 5% each year, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the UK.

Much of the UK's WEEE ends up in landfill, where the lead and other toxins it contains can causes oil and water contamination.  This can have a harmful effect on natural habitat, wildlife and also human health.

Many electrical items that we throw away can be repaired or recycled.  Recycling items helps to save our natural finite

resources and also reduces the environmental and health risks associated with sending electrical goods to landfill.  

Distributors of new Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have a part to play in reducing the amount of WEEE going into land fill sites.

Walk-in Backrub is obliged underthese regulations to offer our customers free take-back of their WEEE on alike-for-like basis when they buy a new Electrical or Electronic product fromus.

For example, if a customer bought a new foot massager from us we would accept their old homedics massager with heat and prevent it going into a landfill site by disposing of it safely. Customers must return their WEEE item to us within 28days of purchasing their new item.

Under the WEEE Regulations, all new electrical goods should now be marked with thecrossed-out wheeled bin symbol shown below: