Alpha Disposals

Call UK: 08450 211 211 · Email: enquiries@alpha-disposals.co.uk

WEEE Directive 2005

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive came into force in August 2004 and is due for implementation June 2005. It is intended to help protect the environment by reducing the amount of electrical waste going to landfill.

What this means to your organisation

  • Additional burden and financial implications of disposing of redundant hardware under the WEEE Directive.
  • Kit can no longer be dumped in skips, and companies will have to either obtain a waste management license, or find a licensed company, and keep the necessary certificates of compliance.
  • Increased administration costs. Strategies need to be in place now, which include testing equipment, using an asset tracking system and policies to promote the re-use of equipment.

WEEE Legislation

WEEE Legislation is due to be introduced during the summer 2005. It aims to reduce the waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment and to improve the environmental performance of all those involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment.

Under this Directive anything that requires a current to flow though it to operate has to be recycled in accordance with the standards set out in the Directive. This includes all I.T. equipment. Non compliance with this could cost your business large amounts of money.

Hazardous Waste Directive

All batteries and cathode ray tubes come under the this directive. The transportation of loose batteries and CRT can only be carried out by a licensed waste carrier under a special waste note.

Since 16th July 2004 anything containing a Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) have been reclassified as Hazardous Waste. This includes computer monitors and televisions.

The Environment Act

You need to be aware that your company has a Duty of Care to take all reasonable measures to:

  • Prevent the unauthorised or harmful disposal of your waste by another person.
  • Prevent the escape of the waste from your or any other person's control.
  • That the transfer is only to an authorised person or to a person for authorised transport purposes.
  • You must ensure the proper and safe disposal of waste even after you have passed it on to another party such as a waste contractor, scrap merchant, recycler, local council or skip hire company. The Duty of Care has no time limit, and extends until the waste has either been disposed of or fully recovered

Contact Alpha Disposals

Send an enquiry for a no-obligation quotation, or contact Alpha Disposals directly: