WEEE compliance

Are you affected?

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance may affect you if your company manufactures, imports, re-brands, distributes, sells, stores, treats, dismantles, recycles, disposes of or uses any of the following electrical and electronic equipment:

·                Large or small household appliances – for example dishwashers and toasters

·                IT and telecommunications equipment – for example PCs and telephones

·                Consumer equipment – for example Hi-fis and TVs

·                Lighting – with the exception of filament bulbs so, for example, fluorescent tubes

·                Electrical and electronic tools – for example soldering irons and lawnmowers

·                Toys, leisure and sports equipment – for example, video games and electric trains

·                Medical devices – for example pulmonary ventilators and radiotherapy equipment

·                Monitoring and control equipment - for example smoke detectors and thermostats

·                Automatic dispensers – for example hot drinks machines and cash dispensers