Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Germany
   

Under the Germany Act Governing the Sale, Return and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (ElektroG) which came into force on August 13th 2005, the financing of collection and recycling of any waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) arising from equipment bought before August 13th 2005 is the customers' responsibility. This is regardless of whether the old equipment is being replaced by a new item of equipment purchased from a TANDBERG dealer. Waste arising from equipment purchased before August 13th 2005 is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the ElektroG Act, the dealer is required to finance the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from the dealer after August 13th 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE. Customers using TANDBERG products should note that producer responsibility obligations to take back New WEEE do not begin in full in Germany until March 24th 2006.

TANDBERG has decided to provide WEEE collection and recycling on behalf of its dealers in Germany.

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

  • You pay for transportation of your WEEE to TANDBERG’s appointed recycler in Germany.
  • TANDBERG pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the ElektroG Act.
  • TANDBERG pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the ElektroG Act.

TANDBERG 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 Germany. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of TANDBERG products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to EARN. Under the German ElektroG Regulations, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport the New WEEE to the EARN recycler.

In order to help EARN identify TANDBERG equipment upon arrival to the recyclers' address, please click on the link below to download the recycling label to be used. Please complete this label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

Recycling Label for Germany

  WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for TANDBERG Equipment in Germany
   

Under Part 2, Section 13 of ElektroG, TANDBERG dealers must provide annual information of the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Germany.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period March 2006 to February 2007. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for TANDBERG. Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the TANDBERG website when it becomes available.

Category  Equipment Sold Collected Reused  Recycled  Recovered
Tonnes Tonnes Tonnes % Tonnes % Tonnes %
1. Large Household Appliances                
2. Small Household Appliances                
3. IT and Telecommunications Equipment                
4. Consumer Equipment                
5. Lighting Equipment                
6. Electrical and Electronic Tools                
7. Toys, Leisure and Sports Equipment                
8. Medical Devices                
9. Monitoring and Control Instruments                
10. Automatic Dispensers                

 

 

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