WEEE "Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment"

What is WEEE?

• The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations (2006 No. 3289) (WEEE) is a new UK legislation designed to address the environmental impact of waste electrical and electronic equipment
• The regulations have been put in place to ensure that products are recycled using best available treatment, recovery and recycling techniques to ensure human health and high environmental protection
• Both U-bop and our customers can assist in recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment
• We cannot recycle it unless you return it, so our customers have an important role to play in helping us to recycle
• U-bop will undertake their responsibility as both a Producer and a Distributor to dispose of these goods in line with European legislation

How do I know if my product is covered?

Look out for this symbol:

If the symbol shown here is found on any of your goods, it means that the product is covered by the WEEE Regulations

The RoHS Directive

The RoHS Directive, also known as EU Directive 2002/95/EG, came into affect on July 1st, 2006.

The RoHS directive mandates that electrical and electronic products put into the European market within EU states shall contain restrictive levels of the following substances:

• Lead (Pb)
• Cadmium (Cd)
• Mercury (Hg)
• Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+)
• Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB)
• Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)

U-bop is fully committed to comply with the RoHS Directive. If you have any queries, please contact us.

Alongside these directives that U-bop are legally obliged to comply too, we have developed our own environmentally friendly systems throughout the company. U-bop recycle 90% of the waste generated on site and send none to landfill.