Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations

The UK WEEE regulations require that businesses involved in the supply of electrical equipment take an active role in its collection and recycling.

Much of the UK's electronic waste ends up in landfill sites, where toxins put communities at risk. Failure to segregate any type of recyclable material in the home or office will usually result in items being disposed of in a landfill site (buried in the ground in the UK) or being incinerated.

Why are we involved?

Recycling facilities are now available for all our customers at which you can deposit your old electrical products. This is a requirement under UK and European legislation (The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment – or WEEE – Directive). The aim of the legislation is to;

• Make good use of the materials that make up old electrical equipment by recycling rather than disposing in landfill.
• Prevent the negative environmental effects of sending often hazardous electrical equipment to landfill.

As a conscientious business, Optimum Trading Ltd, trading as Inkubus.co.uk, has chosen to group together with other retailers in joining the ‘Distributor Take Back Scheme’ (DTS).

Through this scheme, we have made a financial contribution toward the development of recycling collection points (known as 'Designated Collection Facilities') throughout the UK.

How does this work in practice?

Customers will be able to take any old electrical equipment to participating civic amenity sites (often known as ‘household waste recycling centres’) run by their local councils. Please remember that this equipment will be further handled during the recycling process, so please be considerate when depositing your equipment.

Funding collected through the Distributor Take Back Scheme has been distributed between all Local Authorities in the UK to ensure the provision of improved recycling facilities. Producers of these products will then ensure that deposited items are taken away and recycled.

Where to dispose of electrical equipment?

Wherever practical, old electrical waste should not be disposed of with your household waste.

You can locate your closest participating collection site at www.recycle-more.co.uk (please remember to have your postcode to hand).