WEEE Information United Kingdom
Collection and Recycling Arrangements in the United Kingdom
Under the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations, for old equipment that you have bought before August 2005 which is being replaced on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis by the purchase of new Molecular Devices equipment, Molecular Devices is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of the old equipment. The old equipment that your new purchase from Molecular Devices replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under the UK WEEE Regulations, Molecular Devices is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Molecular Devices after August 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.
Molecular Devices products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Molecular Devices is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products, Molecular Devices 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 is:
- Molecular Devices pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Regulations;
- Molecular Devices pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Environment Agency to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the WEEE Regulations;
- you pay for transportation of your WEEE to Molecular Devices' appointed recycler in the UK.
Molecular Devices has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN recycling facility in the UK. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Molecular Devices products is classed as non-hazardous waste and does not contain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to class it as hazardous WEEE. As the waste holder, it is your responsibility to confirm that the waste Molecular Devices equipment has not become hazardous during the product use. For example, if the equipment has become contaminated during use, please follow the recommended decontamination procedure.
It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to the recycler.
To request collection and transport of WEEE please use the following link:
https://b2btool.earn-service.com/vernacare
For further information please contact EARN directly by email: