Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive

Information about the disposal & recycling of old IT equipment

Domestic Consumer (Householder)
Non-householder (Commercial/Business/Self Employed)

Manufacturers (Producers) & Web Link Information

Advice to consumer (householder)

F1 will provide a take back service based at our Lincoln HQ for domestic householders on a like for like basis when purchasing new Electrical & Electronic Equipment. The WEEE Regulations do not give entitlement to free collection of WEEE from your home, and if you require F1 to dispose of old equipment you must arrange drop off at our Lincoln premises of such, at mutually convenient time, allowing 2 days notice. Please note that this process requires your input and will take approximately one hour.

If it is not feasible to drop off equipment we would encourage consumers to dispose of WEEE responsibly within their locality. For Example: most council’s run recycling centres at their Waste Disposal Sites. Please see the links below for further information.

For disposal options please also see:

Advice to non-householder (Commercial/Business/Self Employed)

You may be obligated to finance the treatment of Electrical & Electronic Equipment (EEE) you discard as waste, and it’s recycling, recovery and environmentally sound disposal, according to the requirement of the WEEE Regulations:

when you discard EEE which you purchased before 13 August 2005 and do not replace it with new EEE; and
where you purchase new EEE after 13 August 2005 and choose, through commercial negotiation with the producer, to accept some or all of the future costs of treating and recovering the EEE when it becomes waste

However, many manufacturers (producers) will dispose of WEEE on a like for like basis when purchasing new EEE. All manufacturers by law have to join a Producer Compliance Scheme, which facilitates the take back and disposal of WEEE. We have listed below the vendors with whom we currently work, click on the link of the manufacturer and details will be given of their particular scheme and information on how to apply for the removal of WEEE from your premises.

F1 are not obligated to take back your WEEE, however as part of the supply chain we will signpost producers and non-household end users to discharge their obligations under the WEE Regulations. In order to assist please see the link below with producer links in connection with disposal of WEEE. For further information please contact one of our representatives on 01522 508080.

Manufacturers (Producers) Weblink Information

Sony
Brother
ViewSonic
Viewsonic are registered with Electrolink for WEEE compliance and partner with SIMS-Recycling to deal with end-of-life products and recycling. Please download the form (PDF, 78Kb) for completion in connection with WEEE. In case of queries please call Azhar Hashim at ViewSonic on 0207 921 2220.
APC (Compliance Information)
APC (Distributors)
Epson
Microsoft
Cisco
Dell
For business customers who only require a recycling solution for their obsolete IT equipment Dell will provide this service free of charge:
- With effect from July 1st 2007 when buying new Dell Product , Dell will recycle any brand of historic product on a one for one and like for like basis. Historic Product is product purchased before 13th August 2005.
- With effect from 1st July 2007 Dell will provide end of life recycling for its products purchased since 13th August 2005.
Dell will be responsible for the removal and treatment of product received at our nominated collection hubs.

For further information or to avail of this service please fill in the excel template below and email it to: Recycling_EMEA@dell.com when the new order is delivered and/or when the new order has reached end of life. Once we have all the necessary information you will be advised of a delivery location to which the obsolete product should be transported.

If logistics, reporting, data security, etc. are required or if the obsolete equipment could have residual value, we can provide a full range of affordable programme managed services through Dell Asset Recovery Services. Please visit www.euro.dell.com/recycling and select your country from the business drop down list for more details. Click here to download the Dell WEEE request form
IBM/Lenovo
Futijsu Siemens
Netgear
Hewlett Packard
Acer - Awaiting Information
Oki - Awaiting Information
Belkin - Awaiting Information
Flybook - Awaiting Information