WEEE Compliance
Collection and Recycling Information for Smiths Medical CustomersSmiths 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.
| BELGIUM (FLANDERS REGION) | ||||||
| Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Belgium (Flanders Region) | ||||||
| Regulations concerning the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the Flanders Region are implemented by amendments to the Waste Prevention and Management Ordinance (VLAREA) and came into force on December 1st 2004. Under VLAREA, the financing of collection and recycling of any waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) arising from equipment bought from Smiths Medical before August 13th 2005 is the customers responsibility. This is regardless of whether the equipment is being replaced by a new piece of equipment from Smiths Medical. Equipment purchased before August 13th 2005 is referred to as Historic WEEE. Under VLAREA, Smiths Medical is required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from the Smiths Medical after August 13th 2005, when that new 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:
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 Belgium. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Smiths Medical products is classed as non-hazardous waste. In order to meet the legal requirements for waste disposal, you should use one of the following carriers (which will hold a valid Waste Carriers License prior to producer take-back obligations beginning in Belgium):
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 Belgium |
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| Under Article 3.5.6 of VLAREA, 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 the Flanders Region. OVAM has introduced an additional 2 reporting categories. The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period August 2006 to July 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.
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