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regulations also mean that suppliers of equipment like high street shops and internet
retailers must allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge. The
amount of WEEE we throw away is increasing by around 5% each year, making it the
fastest growing waste stream in the UK.
Much of the UK’s
WEEE ends up in landfill, where the lead and other toxins it contains can cause
soil and water contamination. This can have a harmful effect on natural habitat,
wildlife and also human health. Many electrical items that we
throw away can be repaired or recycled. Recycling items helps to save our natural
finite resources and also reduces the environmental and health risks associated
with sending electrical goods to landfill.
Distributors of new
Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have a part to play in reducing the amount
of WEEE going into landfill sites.
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we can helpMphone is obliged under these regulations to offer
our customers free take-back of their WEEE on a like-for-like basis when they
buy a new Electrical or Electronic product from us.
For example,
if a customer bought a new mobile phone from us we would accept their old mobile
phone and prevent it going into a landfill site by disposing of it safely. Customers
must return their WEEE item to us within 28 days of purchasing their new item.
Under
the WEEE Regulations, all new electrical goods should now be marked with the crossed-out
wheeled bin symbol shown here. |
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How
would you know?Goods are marked with this symbol to show that they were
produced after 13th August 2005, and should be disposed of separately from normal
household waste so that they can be recycled.
How do I recycle
my old products?
If this symbol appears on your product it
means that you can return this waste electrical equipment to Mphone when you are
purchasing a new product from us under our distributer obligations*.
When you have finished with a WEEE product, please do not dispose of it using
your domestic waste bin, as it will not be recycle. Contact us
by using this contact form. so that we can provide you with a return reference
and details of our WEEE recycling freepost address Please quote
your Mphone product order number and describe the item that is to be recycled -
Please carefully package any item to avoid transit damage
We will
then deal with the waste product in an environmentally responsible manner, at
no cost to you *It has to be like for like (e.g. a Bluetooth Headset for
a Bluetooth Headset, not a Wireless Router for a Bluetooth Headset). Need
Further Assistance? If this article didn't help resolve your query, then
you may wish to contact Customer
Relations. | 
