Arachnid, Inc. WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC) Statement of Compliance

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) applies to companies that manufacture, sell, and distribute electrical and electronic equipment in the E.U. It covers a wide range of large and small household appliances, IT equipment, radio and audio equipment, electrical tools, telecommunications equipment, electrical toys, etc.

The Directive aims to reduce the waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment, and improve the environmental performance of everything involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment. This is translated into the following requirements:

• Producers (manufacturers or importers) of electrical and electronic equipment will be required to register in their countries.
• Private households will be able to return their WEEE to collection facilities free of charge and producers will be responsible for financing these facilities.
• If the business chooses not to return their unwanted WEEE to the producer they are held responsible for transporting historic WEEE to an approved recycler, meeting recycling targets and reporting data to Member State WEEE Agencies.
• Producers will be required to mark their products with the ‘crossed out wheeled bin’. This symbol indicates that the equipment carrying this mark must NOT be thrown into general waste but should be collected separately and properly recycled under local regulations.

 

After August 13, 2005 producers who sell new equipment to a business must arrange the collection of this WEEE.

Producers may charge a fee for this service.

 

THE PRODUCER IS:

Any person who:

(i) manufactures and sells electrical and electronic equipment under his own brand,

(ii) resells under his own brand equipment produced by other suppliers, a reseller not being regarded as the "producer" if the brand of the producer appears on the equipment, as provided for in subpoint (i), or

(iii) imports or exports electrical and electronic equipment on a professional basis into a Member State.

 

The aforementioned definition of producer creates some confusion for US companies.  Whoever puts the product on the EU market for the first time is considered the “producer”.  In practice, this is generally the importer.  This importer must be an EU legal entity.

In fact, most countries require that registration be completed by a legal entity in that country.

 

The WEEE directive has been or will shortly be transposed into each EU member state’s legislation and so the exact timing and details will vary slightly from country to country, but the above principles will apply. In particular, the arrangements for the separate collection of WEEE will vary in each country but might include for example: public collection points, retailers take back schemes, collection from households, etc. The Directive encourages reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery in order to prevent WEEE. Users of electrical and electronic equipment in the E.U. can therefore play an important role in reducing WEEE and helping the environment by separating out WEEE and disposing of it properly.

Arachnid, Inc. is dedicated to minimizing the impact our products have on the environment and to comply with the WEEE Directive.

 

View or Download the WEEE Directive(pdf)

View or Download the Perchards Report(pdf)

Link to European country-specific information

Link to WEEE information in Spain

Specific recycling instructions for Arachnid’s Galaxy 2 Dart Game:

If you choose not to send the whole unit back to the importer or manufacturer

for disposal, then remove the CRT (Cathode Ray Tube – exempt component)

from the unit before recycling.