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Collection and Recycling Arrangements in the United Kingdom

IDEXX WEEE Registration Number in the UK is WEE/JF0342YY

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 IDEXX equipment, IDEXX is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of the old equipment. The old equipment that your new purchase from IDEXX replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

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

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

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

• IDEXX pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the WEEE Regulations;
• IDEXX 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 IDEXX's appointed recycler in the UK.

IDEXX 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 recycling facility in the UK. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of IDEXX products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to the recycler. 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):

For larger quantities of waste, you may want to contact the recycler directly to arrange and pay for alternative collection methods. The EARN recycling facility in the United Kingdom is:

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 enable EARN to identify IDEXX equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, please download the recycling label. Complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

Recycling Label for British Customers