Under Decree 230/2004 for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) which came into force on August 13th 2005, for equipment that you buy from TANDBERG after August 13th 2005, TANDBERG is required to provide arrangements for 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 TANDBERG replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under the Decree, TANDBERG is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from TANDBERG after August 13th 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as new WEEE.

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 is:

• TANDBERG pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the Decree;
• TANDBERG pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the National Waste Institute to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the Decree;
• you pay for transportation of your WEEE to TANDBERG's appointed recycler in Portugal.

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 recycling facility in Portugal. 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 the recycler. Under Portuguese waste management procedures, you should use the following carriers (which have been granted a general licence by the Direcção-Geral dos Transportes Terrestres e Fluviais for the road transportation of goods). The carrier will collect and transport non-hazardous WEEE to the EARN recycler.

For larger quantities of waste you may wish to contact the recycler directly in order to arrange and pay for an alternative collection method. The EARN recycling facilities in Portugal are:

In order to help EARN identify TANDBERG equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, please download the Recycling Label for Portuguese Customers (North), or the Recycling Label for Portuguese Customers (South). Complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

Recycling Label for Portugal (North)

Recycling Label for Portugal (South)

Under Article 22 of Decree 230/2004, TANDBERG must provide annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Portugal.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period February 2008 to January 2009. 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.