WEEE Directive
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is now UK law. The legislation aims to make producers pay for the collection, treatment and recovery of waste electrical equipment. The regulations also mean that suppliers of equipment like high street shops and internet retailers must allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.
The amount of WEEE we throw away is increasing by around 5% each year, making it the fastest growing waste stream in the UK.
Much of the UK’s WEEE ends up in landfill, where the lead and other toxins it contains can cause soil and water contamination. This can have a harmful effect on natural habitat, wildlife and also human health.
Many electrical items that we throw away can be repaired or recycled. Recycling items helps to save our natural finite resources and also reduces the environmental and health risks associated with sending electrical goods to landfill.
Distributors of new Electric and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have a part to play in reducing the amount of WEEE going into landfill sites.
Altec is obliged under these regulations to offer our customers free take-back of their WEEE on a like-for-like basis when they buy a new Electrical or Electronic product from us.
For example, if a customer bought a new toaster from us we would accept their old toaster and prevent it going into a landfill site by disposing of it safely. Customers must return their WEEE item to us within 28 days of purchasing their new item.
Under the WEEE Regulations, all new electrical goods should now be marked with the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol. Goods are marked with this symbol to show that they were produced after 13th August 2005, and should be disposed of separately from normal household waste so that they can be recycled.
ROHS Directive
RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU has restricted the use of 6 hazardous materials in electrical and electronic products since 1st July 2006. These 6 substances and the limits for their use were:
- Lead (Pb): 0.1% by weight
- Mercury (Hg): 0.1% by weight
- Cadmium (Cd): 0.01% by weight
- Hexavalent Chromium (Cr VI): 0.1% by weight
- Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB): 0.1% by weight
- Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE): 0.1% by weight
Directive 2015/863 was published in 2011 by the EU, which is known as RoHS 3. RoHS 3 adds four additional restricted substances (phthalates) to the list of 6:
- Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): 0.1% by weight
- Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): 0.1% by weight
- Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): 0.1% by weight
- Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP): 0.1% by weight
We are pleased to advise that none of our products, to the best of our knowledge and that of our suppliers, contain any of the above substances.
Conflict Minerals Policy
Altec Extrusions Ltd supports the ending of violence and human rights violations in the mining of minerals from the area known as the “Conflict Region” in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and surrounding countries.
We have undertaken due diligence with our suppliers and can confirm that no Altec products (including raw materials purchased from our supply chain) contain Tin ,Tantalum, Tungsten, Gold and/or finished materials originating, sourced, and/or smeltered from the Democratic Republic of Congo or surrounding countries.
We continue to monitor this position with new and current suppliers.
Policy Date: 1st Jan 2021. This web page will be updated with any changes to our policy or status.
REACH Regulations
The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restriction of Chemicals EC Regulation 1907/2006 came into force on the 1st June 2007.
All substances manufactured and / or imported in quantities greater than 1 metric tonne per annum per legal entity, even if only supplied in mixtures or preparations, will need to be registered under REACH.
- We confirm that we understand our obligations under REACH.
- In case of products supplied from outside the European Union / European Economic Area, we will ensure that our representative will carry out checks for registration as appropriate.
- All substances in the products we supply, which require registration, will be pre-registered by me or an actor further up our supply chain.
- We can confirm that we or an actor further up our supply chain will register all pre-registered substances with the European Chemicals Agency for the uses required by any business operating in Europe.
- We will start the dialogue with our suppliers regarding safe use and risk management measures, safety data sheets, usage categories and Substances of Very High Concern ( SVHC ).
The REACH Regulations currently do not apply to Altec Extrusions Limited.
Certificates of Conformity
If you'd like Certificates of Conformity to be included with your despatch you can order them by adding them to your products when ordering.
Please note one Certificate will be issued and charged for each product line you order. For example for 3 different products on one order you will be charged for 3 Certificates. To avoid delays in processing your order please ensure you order the correct number of Certificates.
As certification takes place during the despatch process Certificates cannot not be supplied retrospectively (after your order is despatched.)