BHIP Ltd - compliance statement to WEEE

(waste electrical and electronice regulation)

BHIP Ltd are members of the DTS (Distributor Take Back scheme). As fully paid up members of the DTS we are contributing to the provision of RECYLCLING facilities in the UK.

To view our membership certificate, please click here: BHIP DTS membership (pdf)

Please find below some general information on the WEEE and DTS.

Information and responsibilites of a DISTRIBUTOR / RETAILLER

33. A distributor who supplies new EEE shall make information available to users of EEE in private households on-

(a) the requirement on each member State under Article 2 of the Directive to minimise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high level of collection of WEEE for treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal;

The WEEE regulations are European law, and the UK is required to increase the amount of WEEE being treated and recovered in an effort to stop it going into landfill sites. BHIP Ltd promote the disposal of electrical equipment in the correct manner. Please see www.recycle-more.co.uk for more information

(b) BHIP Ltd are obliged to inform our customers about the collection and take back systems available to them;

This has been covered by telling customers on this page that we have joined the DTS. We are NOT offering free in-store take back.

(c) their role in contributing to the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of WEEE under these Regulations;

As we, BHIP Ltd, are DTS members we have paid into a fund which will improve the UK recycling network.

(d) the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in EEE; and

The following links contain facts which explain that WEEE contains hazardous substances which can be dangerous to human health. Any information provided to customers on WEEE will require some facts about the potential harmful effects of WEEE on the environment to be displayed. Some WEEE can contain hazardous substances, and that if this WEEE is put into landfill sites the substances can pollute soil and water supplies. This pollution can have a hazardous effect of human health and the environment.

http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/nav/page1762.aspx

http://www.weeeman.org/html/impact/facts.html

(e) the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol shown in Schedule 4.

Essentially the crossed out wheelie bin symbol informs consumers that any product marked with the symbol was made after 13th August 2005. Products marked with this symbol are classed as WEEE when they are no longer needed, and should be disposed of separately to household waste.