WEEE Directive
The EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Directive requires certain electrical and electronic products sold
in the EU from 13 August 2005 onwards to be marked with the WEEE
crossed out wheelie bin logo.
The presence of the logo on any product indicates that the
product should not be placed in the general refuse and that it
should be separately collected.
Separately collected WEEE product is to be sent to approved
recycling or disposal operators for safe recycling, recovery or
reuse.
Any Apollo products which are marked with the logo should be
separately collected for appropriate disposal at the end of their
operational life.
Apollo will be operating a free collection and disposal service
for all WEEE labelled products within the UK* in accordance with
the requirements of UK legislation. Details of this service will be
released in due course.
*A charge for the safe removal and disposal to an approved site
of the Americium 241 source assembly present in all ionisation
detectors will continue to be made as this falls outside the scope
of the WEEE directive.
For information for recyclers and reclamation organisations
please click
here.
For more information on the WEEE Directive, download our PIN sheet by clicking
here.