Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Germany
Under the Germany Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally
Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ElektroG) which came
into force on August 13th 2005, the financing of collection and recycling
of any waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) arising from equipment
bought before March 24th 2006 is the customer's responsibility. This is regardless
of whether the old equipment is being replaced by a new item of equipment
purchased from Dedicated Micros. Waste arising from equipment purchased before March
24th 2006 is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under the ElektroG Act, Dedicated Micros are required to provide arrangements
for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical
and electronic equipment that you buy from them after
March 24th 2006, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is
referred to as New WEEE.
Dedicated Micros products are very competitively priced. Any new
increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Dedicated Micros is normally
reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing
the prices of our products, Dedicated Micros 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:
- Dedicated Micros pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the
WEEE to meet the targets set by ElektroG.
- Dedicated Micros pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Federal
Environmental Agency (UBA) to demonstrate compliance with all administrative
requirements of ElektroG.
- you pay for transportation of your WEEE to Dedicated Micros's appointed recycler
in Germany.
Dedicated Micros 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
Germany. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Dedicated Micros products is
classed as non-hazardous waste.
It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to the recycler. Under German waste management regulations,
you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport non-hazardous
WEEE to the EARN recycler.
For larger quantities of waste, you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection methods. The EARN recycling facility in Germany is:
In order to enable EARN to identify Dedicated Micros equipment upon
arrival at the recycler's address, please download the Recycling
Label for German Customers. Complete the label with
your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.
Recycling
Label for German Customers
WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Dedicated Micros Equipment
in Germany
Under Part 2, Section 13 of ElektroG, Dedicated Micros must provide
annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic
equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Germany.
The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period March
2007 to February 2008. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for Dedicated Micros.
Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the Dedicated Micros
website when it becomes available.
| Equipment |
Sold: |
Collected: |
Reused: |
Recovered: |
Recycled: |
| Category |
Tonnes: |
Tonnes: |
Tonnes: |
%: |
Tonnes: |
%: |
Tonnes: |
%: |
| 1: Large Household Appliances |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2: Small Household Appliances |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 3: IT & Telecom's Equipment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 4: Consumer Equipment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 5: Lighting Equipment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 6: Electrical & Electronic Tools |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 7: Toys, Leisure & Sports Equipment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 8: Medical Devices |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 9: Monitoring & Control Equipment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 10: Automatic Dispensers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
