Collection and Recycling Arrangements in the United Kingdom

Under the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations, for old equipment that you have bought before August 2005 which is being replaced on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis by the purchase of new APD Communications equipment, APD Communications is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of the old equipment. The old equipment that your new purchase from APD Communications replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the UK WEEE Regulations, APD Communications is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from APD Communications after August 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.

APD Communications is required to provide these arrangements starting from 1 July 2007.

APD Communications products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as APD Communications is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products, APD Communications 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 is:

• APD Communications pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Regulations;
• APD Communications pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Environment Agency to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the WEEE Regulations;
• you pay for transportation of your WEEE to APD Communications's appointed recycler in the UK.

APD Communications 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 APD Communications 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 licence):

Waste Carrier	Telephone Number	Website
TNT UK Ltd	+44 (0)800 100600	www.tnt.co.uk
DHL International (UK) Ltd	+44 (0)8701 100300	www.dhl.co.uk
Christian Salvesen PLC	+44 (0)870 3655714	www.salvesen.com

For larger quantities of waste, you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection arrangements. The APD Communications recycler in the United Kingdom is:

Recycler	Telephone Number	Website
MDJ Light Bros Ltd	+44 (0)1273 476862	www.wasterec.co.uk

International contacts:

Country	Recycler	Address
Sweden	Stena Technoworld AB	Svenstorpsvägen 370 10 Bräkne-Hoby
Sweden	Stena Technoworld AB	Norra Seglargatan 2 721 32 Västerås
Romania	SC STENA DTM SRL	Prel. Soselei Giurgiului Nr. 33A Jilava, Jud. Ilfov, Romania (Platforma Arteca, Poarta 3)

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 meet this requirement and to help EARN identify APD Communications equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, we ask that you complete a recycling label and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

Recycling Label for British Customers