PART 5DISTRIBUTOR OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS: WEEE FROM PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS

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A distributor who supplies new EEE shall make information available to users of EEE in private households on—

a

the requirement on each member State under Article 2 of the Directive to minimise the disposal of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high level of collection of WEEE for treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal;

b

the collection and take back systems available to them;

c

their role in contributing to the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of WEEE under these Regulations;

d

the potential effects on the environment and human health as a result of the presence of hazardous substances in EEE; and

e

the meaning of the crossed out wheeled bin symbol shown in Schedule 4.