EU directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment - Product recycling information
The EU Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and the EU Council on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (known as the WEEE Directive) came into force across EU Member States on 13th August 2005. The WEEE Directive was further updated by EU Directive 2012/19/EU on WEEE (known as the WEEE ‘Recast’ Directive) which later came into force on 24th July 2012.
The purpose of the EU WEEE Directive is to minimise the impact of uncontrolled disposal of electrical and electronic equipment when it reaches end-of-life by requiring producers to provide arrangements for collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of the products they sell in Europe when they become waste.
All products covered by the EU WEEE Directive must be appropriately labelled with the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol. This symbol denotes that the product must be collected separately from other waste streams when it reaches end-of-life.
WEEE collection and recycling arrangements for Revvity products
For Revvity products labelled with the crossed-out wheelie bin symbol and therefore covered by the EU WEEE Directive, please follow the instructions below to send this equipment for recycling when it reaches end-of-life.
Revvity has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) to ensure the correct treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE for which Revvity is responsible.
As part of this agreement:
- Revvity will pay for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE for which Revvity is responsible.
- In return, Revvity requires the end-user customer to arrange and pay for the costs of transport of the WEEE to the EARN recycler in each particular country.
To organise transport of this WEEE for which Revvity is responsible, please use the link below to complete the online Return Form:
https://tool.earn-service.com/revvity2
The document that is subsequently generated contains the relevant address of the EARN recycling facility, as well as your address as the consignor of the old equipment, plus any other necessary information for processing. Please print this document twice, attach one copy to the package so that it is visible from the outside and place one copy inside the package with the old equipment.
Please keep your reference number - it can be needed for tracking your WEEE collection.
Any equipment likely to be contaminated MUST be certified as clean and free from contamination by following the recommended decontamination procedure prior to collection.
Important note – For customers in Luxembourg, do not use the online Return Form. Instead, please contact EARN directly where you can organise WEEE collection and treatment separately. Under such arrangements in Luxembourg, Revvity will also pay for the costs of transport from the business end-user's address to the EARN treatment facility.