Product Recycling
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Product Recycling FAQs

• What are WEEE Regulations?

  WEEE, an acronym for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, are a set of government regulations in the UK that state that any business that manufactures, imports, or sells electricals must also finance their collection, treatment, and recycling. The aforementioned crossed out wheelie-bin symbol that appears on our electrical products is representative of these regulations.

• What recycling symbol should I be looking out for?

  The recycling symbol that is relevant to our products and whether you should be recycling them or not, is the aforementioned crossed-out wheelie bin (as pictured above). This specific symbol is what is used for electronics and batteries, and so any products that have this symbol on them need to be disposed of in the appropriate way.

   

  It should be noted that there are two versions of the symbol in existence, one with a solid black bar underneath, and one without. When the black bar is present on this symbol, it means that the product was manufactured after August 2005, and that the maker must offer a method to take full full responsibility for the product’s recycling.

• How should I dispose of these old electronics and batteries?

  The crossed-out wheelie bin symbol means an electrical item must never go in your normal household rubbish bin. Instead, these products must be recycled by taking them either to a local recycling center, or by using a retailer’s own take-back programme – which is something that we offer here at Courtney Thorne. You may also want to check the services of your local council, as some do also offer local kerbside collections for things like electronics and batteries.