WEEE Compliance

Collection and Recycling Information for Smiths Medical Customers

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Collection and Recycling Arrangements in the United Kingdom
Under the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations, for equipment that you buy from Smiths Medical after August 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 UK WEEE Regulations, Smiths Medical is also required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Smiths Medical after August 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:

  • You pay for transportation of your WEEE to Smiths Medical’s appointed recycler in the UK.
  • Smiths Medical pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Regulations.
  • Smiths Medical pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Environment Agency to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the WEEE Regulations.
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 the UK. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of Smiths Medical products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to EARN. In order to meet UK Duty of Care Regulations for waste disposal, you should use one of the following carriers (which hold a valid Waste Carriers License):

Waste CarrierTelephone NumberWebsite
TNT UK Ltd +44 (0)800 100600 www.tnt.co.uk
DHL Express (UK) Ltd +44 (0) 844 248 0555 www.dhl.co.uk
Keuhne + Nagel Ltd +44 (0)1895 552000 www.kn-portal.com

For larger quantities of waste, you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection methods. The EARN recycling facility in the United Kingdom is:

RecyclerTelephone NumberWebsite
MDJ Light Bros Ltd +44 (0)1273 486848 www.wasterec.com

To comply with the UK Duty of Care Regulations the transport of your waste to the recycler must be accompanied by suitable documentation. You must also keep a signed copy of this documentation for two years.


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 the UK
WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Smiths Medical Equipment in the United Kingdom
Under Section 27 of the WEEE Regulations, 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 UK.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period January 2011 to December 2011. 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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1. Large Household Appliances                
2. Small Household Appliances                
3. IT and Telecom. Equipment                
4. Consumer Equipment                
5. Lighting Equipment                
6. Electrical and Electronic Tools                
7. Toys, Leisure and Sports Equipment                
8. Medical Devices                
9. Monitoring and Control Instruments                
10. Automatic Dispensers