WEEE Regulations concerning vending machines
Introduction
Before a company declares equipment as WEEE, it is always worth contacting
Vendtrade.
Vending machines are defined as Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE)
when they reach the end of their useful life. This follows the decision that the
machines cannot be remanufactured nor sold for use in other markets and must be
sent for recycling
WEEE
Legislation is complicated and there are procedures that still need to be tested
in the courts in cases of non-compliance. With the demise of the Waste Advisory
Board impartial advice on WEEE implementation will be harder to find
Vendtrade
specialises in buying redundant vending machines and
remove a
clients potential problems associated with declaring equipment WEEE. We
purchase the machines to make a profit and we are not a charity .In operating in
a transparent and environmentally sound manner we can dramatically reduce the
number of machines that are classified as waste.
The energy wastage in de-manufacturing and recycling a machine is considerable.
Large amounts of power are required to separate the vending machines into
different materials. Then further energy is used in shipping the glass ferrous
and non-ferrous metal abroad where further amounts of energy are required to
turn it into a finished product.
Using our approach each vending
machine is classified and sorted by experts who have had many years experience
in the industry. Then it is decided is whether the machine can be
remanufactured, broken down for spare parts or exported to selected markets.
This is done according to the preferences of the client and a commitment to
minimise the environmental impact of a machine disposal. A fair price is paid to
the client and in many cases, only 5% of machines are disposed of as WEEE. This
results in savings of many tons of CO2 over consigning all machines for
recycling as WEEE.
Vendtrade
greatly minimises the cost and environmental impact of disposing
of old or redundant vending machines
through the following procedures:
Vendtrade
has adopted the 4 R Cycle in its approach to dealing with surplus Vending
machines.
1.
REDUCE the number of machines destined for WEEE.
2.
REUSE the maximum number of machines and components.
3.
Remanufacture. Completely strip
equipment then rebuild incorporating the latest energy saving technology.
