WEEE Compliance - Country

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Collection and Recycling Information for Smiths Medical Customers
Smiths Medical sells electrical and electronic equipment to EC Member States. Click on the first letter of the country you are looking for e.g. ‘S’ for Spain or Sweden and collection and recycling arrangements for Smiths Medical products in your country will be displayed.

AUSTRIA

Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Austria

Under the Austrian Ordinance on Waste Prevention, Collection and Treatment of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE Ordinance) that came into force on August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from Smiths Medical after August 13th 2005, Smiths Medical is required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from Smiths Medical replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE. Under the WEEE Ordinance, Smiths Medical is also required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Smiths Medical after August 13th 2005 when that equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE. Smiths Medical products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Smiths Medical is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products Smiths Medical has decided to share these new environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to address. Our approach to sharing these new environmental costs are: You pay for transportation of your WEEE to Smiths Medical’s appointed recycler in Austria. Smiths Medical pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Ordinance. Smiths Medical pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the WEEE Ordinance. Smiths Medical has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN facility in Austria. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Smiths Medical products is classed as non-hazardous waste. Under Austrian waste management regulations, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport the Historic and New WEEE to the EARN recycler. In order to help EARN identify Smiths Medical equipment upon arrival to the recyclers' address, please click on the link below to download the recycling label to be used. Please complete this label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.  Recycling label for Customers in Austria

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WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Smiths Medical Equipment in Austria

Under Article 24 of the WEEE Ordinance, Smiths Medical must provide annual information of the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Austria. The WEEE Ordinance states that Smiths Medical must report under five collection and treatment categories. The first WEEE recycling report will cover the year 2006 and be available from April 2007. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for Smiths Medical. Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the Smiths Medical website when it becomes available.     Category Equipment:               Sold Collected Reused Recov'd Recyc'd   Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes % Tonnes % Tonnes % 1. Large Appliances                 2. Cooling appliances, refrigerators and freezers                 3. Display screen equipment                 4. Small electrical appliances                 5. Gas discharge lamps

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