Retailers and distributors of electrical and electronic equipment are obliged to:
- provide free in-store take-back of WEEE on sale of new like for like equipment; or to provide alternative arrangements to last holders of WEEE, via a retailer compliance scheme approach. Retailers and distributors providing instore take-back need to ensure that the WEEE they collect is delivered to a designated collection facility to enable the WEEE to be sent for treatment and recovery; and
- ensure that private householders are informed of WEEE take-back facilities available to them and encouraged to participate in the separate collection of WEEE.
Please view the following articles for further information:
Retailers and Distributors – The Take-Back Obligation
Retailers and Distributors – Compliance Scheme
Retailers and Distributors - Provision of Information to Consumers
The Collection and Storage of WEEE
WEEE Scope – The Product Categories Covered by the WEEE Directive
WEEE Directive’s recovery and reuse / recycling targets
The Role of a National Clearing House (NCH)