WEEE Services
Intertek Ageus Solutions is an end-to-end RoHS and WEEE solutions provider that works with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their contract equipment manufacturers (CEMs) to rapidly and cost-effectively fulfill the European Union's WEEE and RoHS environmental regulations and guidelines.
Intertek Ageus Solutions provides end-to-end logistical, operational, financial, and technical consulting solutions for worldwide WEEE recycling compliance. As WEEE requirements are country specific, our services are designed to adapt and conform to each country's rules and regulations, in all ten EU WEEE Directive categories, while serving both business-to-business and business-to-consumer companies. We assist our customers in determining a proper WEEE compliance scheme, including collection, transportation, and storage arrangements for its clients' products'. We have a comprehensive take-back and recycling network for WEEE that spans Europe, and is expanding across the globe.
Intertek Ageus Solutions works with clients and the national WEEE reporting requirements to provide a one-source solution for transmitting the required information. The data requirements are centralized and simplified for easy reporting.
Intertek Ageus Solutions' End-to-End WEEE Service
“Meeting the WEEE recycling requirements of the European Union is a complex task for any company. At Ageus Solutions, we remove the complexity and uncertainty that can frequently overwhelm this process. Ageus Solutions clears the path for continued and streamlined product sales in Europe.”
— Bruce Calder, President, Ageus Solutions
Intertek Ageus Solutions provides materials and training to the client so that they develop a firm understanding of all WEEE related legislation as it applies to their business, in order for them to work with Intertek Ageus Solutions in identifying their WEEE responsibilities and the decisions, both immediate and future, that they will need to make. The topics covered in this stage include:
- WEEE responsibilities
- Financial obligations
- Business-to-Business versus Business-to-Consumer
- Responsibilities of distributors and retailers
- Deadlines for implementation
- Compliance options and organizations
- Take-back and recycling options
- Country-by-country registration
- Product labeling and documentation requirements
- Dismantling and treatment instructions
- Costs
- Getting the best value for your WEEE
Product marking and Documentation
Intertek Ageus Solutions will provide instruction to the client on how to properly comply with all marking, labeling, and documentation requirements relevant to their products. Specific issues clarified in this stage are:
- Correct application of the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol
- Marking extremely small products
- What constitutes a permanent label
- Timelines and advance labeling issues
- Correctly altering product documentation
- Penalties for incorrect marking, labeling, and documentation
Registration
Intertek Ageus Solutions will handle its client's WEEE registration requirements in all major EU states, including required information and take-back information reporting.
Determination of WEEE End-of-Life Costs
The dismantling, collection, transportation, storage, management, registration, documentation, reporting, proper disposal, and amount of historical WEEE in the market place all have client specific costs. Intertek Ageus Solutions will identify and clarify the client's costs in each of these areas to determine the total costs involved in WEEE compliance.
Take-back and Recycling Worldwide
Intertek Ageus Solutions has take-back and recycling capabilities across Europe with systems able to reach across the globe. In each region, we have an identified system, down to the municipal level that will meet each client's WEEE compliance of take back, and target recovery requirements.
Intertek Ageus Solutions provides collection and recycling solutions and services for B2C and B2B customers in each country. In particular, Intertek Ageus Solutions has a core competency in providing effective solutions for the complicated requirements of B2B collection and recycling.
Dismantling and Treatment Instructions
As one requirement for WEEE compliance is to provide instructions for the dismantling of products within its scope, Intertek Ageus Solutions and its partners will develop and provide dismantling instructions for its client's products. These dismantling instructions will, in turn, assist Intertek Ageus Solutions and its clients in processing their end-of-life products.
These dismantling and treatment instructions are structured to meet the requirements of the WEEE Directive (in particular Article 11 and Annex II), the Basel Conventions, and treatment requirements of European recyclers.
Experience
Intertek Ageus Solutions has implemented WEEE solutions for over a hundred equipment manufacturers and distributors. Intertek Ageus Solutions' provides services not only for European based companies. Intertek Ageus Solutions has also implemented solutions for companies based in the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Taiwan, and China.
Intertek Ageus Solutions has provided WEEE solutions for:
- medical equipment
- computers
- optical equipment
- servers
- data storage systems
- bar code readers
- hard drives
- power supplies
- video cameras
- musical instruments
- dissolution testers
- printers
- super magnets
- memory cards
- microscopes
- UV curing systems
- cameras
- laboratory equipment
- manufacturing robots
- scanners
- coffee machines
- cell phones
- hand held computers
- CD writers
- alarm systems
- inventory readers
- vending machines
- laptops
- LCD monitors
- tablets
- RFID readers
- virus protection appliances
- breathing aids
- NMR machines
- vacuum pumps
- telecommunication equipment
One point of contact, one network, one registration, one management
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