Under the Spanish Royal Decree 208/2005 on Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Management of its Waste which came into force on 13th August 2005, for equipment that you buy from Christie after 13th August 2005, Christie is required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of the waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from Christie replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under the Decree, Christie is also required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from Christie after 13th August 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.
Often when manufacturers and suppliers experience an increase in their operational costs, these costs are passed on to the customer and reflected in an increased market price for their goods and services or even the introduction of hidden surcharges. We want Christie products to remain competitively priced and as a company we recognize we have a responsibility to our environment.
We believe our customers' and partners share this view and with this in mind Christie has taken the following approach to the new WEE regulations:
- Christie pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the UK WEEE Regulations.
- Christie pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Environment Agency to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the UK WEEE Regulations.
- Christie's pricing will not change as a consequence of meeting WEE regulations.
In return we are asking our customers to pay for the cost of transportation of your WEEE to Christie's appointed recycler in Spain and help us better dispose and recycle unwanted, waste electrical and electronic equipment.
It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to EARN. Under Spain waste management procedures, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport non-hazardous WEEE to the EARN recycler, providing the weight of equipment to be transported is less than 1,000 kg.
Please download the recycling label for Eastern Spain, Southern Spain, the North and the Rest of Spain, or Central Spain. Please complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.
WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for Christie Equipment in Spain
Under Article 11 of Decree 208/2005, Christie must provide annual information of the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Spain.
The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period August 2005 to July 2006. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for Christie. Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the Christie website when it becomes available.