WEEE recycling crossed out wheelie bin symbol
All new Electrical and Electronic Equipment manufactured, produced and sold within the UK from June 2006 will display the crossed out wheelie bin symbol on the packaging, product or product components.
This symbol basically means “do not put me into the wheelie bin because I can be repaired, reused or recycled” and means that you must separate your WEEE waste from your household waste and take measures to recycle it.
You can do that by taking the product to Currys for example who will recycle it for you free of charge regardless of whether you bought the product from them as part of the WEEE distributor take-back scheme all distributors have to comply with, or you can give it away, try to sell it or take it yourself to a recycling centre that accepts WEEE waste.
With WEEE waste the fastest growing waste stream in the UK and landfill space decreasing, it is therefore imperative we all (business and consumer) do everything we can to recycle as much WEEE waste as we can, in order to keep it away from landfills and thus prevent pollution to the environment.
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