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WEEE (Waste
Electrical Electronic Equipment)
Care &
Compliance
Policy
SOS
Group Ltd is committed to ensuring that the risk of any environmental damage
or pollution caused by the company going about its day-to-day business is
minimised as far as possible. To this extent the company has produced, and
works within, an Environmental Policy.
Additional
company policy has been developed to ensure compliance with:
√
The WEEE
Directive (2002)
√
Environmental Protection Act 1990
√
The
Environmental Protection (Duty of Care Regulations) 1991
√
Pollution
Prevention & Control Regulations 2000
√
The Landfill (
√
Trans-frontier Shipment of Waste Regulations
√
Waste
Management License Regulations 1994
√
Hazardous
Waste Regulations 2005
√
RoHS
Regulations 2006
In
forming the company policy
SOS
Group have a WEEE policy that is:
Environmentally Sustainable
The
companies policy sets criteria for the longevity of EEE in use, safe
storage, segregation prior to end of life disposal using, where possible,
back load logistics
Socially
Responsible
The companies policy ensures that WEEE items to be
disposed are taken to various registered Environment Agency Waste Management
Sites by Weeeco Ltd, our Environment Agency registered broker and carrier,
from where they are recycled down to raw products ensuring minimisation of
land fill and our WEEE does not end up in the 3rd World and/or
someone else’s responsibility
Compliant
As a producer and of
hazardous waste in excess of 200KG per annum
SOS
Group are registered with the Environment Agency and complete Standard or
Multi Consignment Notes for the disposal of all WEEE items containing
hazardous waste.
The consignment notes include mandatory
information such as European Waste Codes, Hazard Codes, Chemical Components
and UN Identification Numbers.
The company produces an annual report that incorporates
Hazardous Waste Notes, WEEE Destruction Certification and Duty of Care
Journey for all WEEE; allowing the company and its customers to assess its
impact on the environment and its com