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Does the WEEE apply to businesses?

shayser · 2012-03-03 15:08:56

I have been informed that the WEEE directive only applies to private householders/consumers and not to businesses. Is this correct? For example, if a travel agents or an insurance broker or the like buys a computer, is the seller requried to take away the old computer that the new one is replacing? I've had a look at the…

03-03-2012 3:08pm

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shayser

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I have been informed that the WEEE directive only applies to private householders/consumers and not to businesses. Is this correct? For example, if a travel agents or an insurance broker or the like buys a computer, is the seller requried to take away the old computer that the new one is replacing? I've had a look at the WEEE website and can only see references to private consumers.

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#2 01-04-2012 7:13pm

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shayser wrote: »

I have been informed that the WEEE directive only applies to private householders/consumers and not to businesses. Is this correct?

No. The WEEE Directive does apply to business.

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