The First Schedule of the Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations of 2005 state that the following categories are considered WEEE.
Automatic dispensers
- Money dispensers
- Solid product dispenser
- Food/can dispenser
Lighting equiptment
- Fluorescent lamps
- Discharge lamps
- LED lamps
- CFLs
Large household appliances
- Refrigeration ; American style, larder/two door appliances, chest freezers more than 150ltrs, under counter refrigeration/freezer
- Washing Machines
- Dishwashers
- Cooking Appliances ; Combination ovens, gas cookers, electronic cookers
- Microwaves
- Electric Hotplates
- Electronic Radiators
- Air Purifiers
- Electric Fans
- Exhaust Ventilation
- Electric Showers
Small household appliances
- Hoovers
- Steam cleaners, carpet cleaners
- Ironing boards, presses, steam iron
- Toasters, deep fat dryers, coffee grinders, coffee machines
- Electric carving knives
- Kettles, BBQ, food processors, steamers, steriliser, ice-makers
- Electric Blankets
- Alarms
- Razors, oral hygiene equipment, hair appliances, electronic beauty appliances
Telecommunications and IT equiptment
- Printer Units
- PC
- Laptops
- Notebooks
- Monitors
- Keyboard, mouse, modem, DSL, webcam, PDA, iPAD, tablets
- Scanning units
- Telephones
- Mobiles
Consumer equiptment
- Security cameras
- Projectors
- DVDS
- Hi-fi
- Televisions
- Musical instruments
- Microphones
Toys, sports and leisure equiptment
- Coin slots
- Handheld
- Pedometers etc
Electric and electronic tools
- Drills
- Saws
- Sewing machines
- Hammers
- Chain saw, lawnmower, well pump, shears
- Triangle sander, concrete cutter, trimming machine, steamer
Medical devices
- Cardiology
- Dialysis
- Nuclear medicine
- Fertility tests
- Hearing aides
- Thermometers
- Analysers
- in-vitro diagnostic
- Ventilators
Monitoring and control instruments
- Smoke detector
- Thermostat
- Power supplies
- Heating regulators
This isn’t an all-inclusive lists, yet covers the 10 most common and disposed of WEEE categories. Lowmac offer a full waste management solution for all WEEE products which is both effective and compliant!
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