We Can Help and Assist With:
- Reuse
- Recycling your unwanted electrical waste
- Local Authority Contracts
- Retailer ‘Take Back’ Schemes
What We Do
EcoSmart Recycling will provide collection, recycling and disposal of all your electrical waste, including difficult and hazardous waste streams.
With a fully tracked waste service and a range of approved recycling processes, our customers can rest assured that their waste will be dealt with in a low-cost and responsible manner.
Area covered by our collection service: East England.
Retailer Environment Agency Takeback Obligation
There are upcoming significant changes to retailer responsibilities for WEEE producer take-back that will come in from 1 January 2021. Retailers distributing Electrical and Electronic Equipment will be required to offer in-store takeback of items equivalent to those sold to consumers in-store.
The aim here is to ensure that consumers have an easily accessible method of disposing of waste electrical and electronic equipment when purchasing new products.
Previously, a central scheme - the Distributor Takeback Scheme (DTS) - assisted retailers to meet their obligations in this area, however from 1 January 2021, the DTS will no longer be operational in the UK. At this point, retailers and distributors will need to take collection and take-back responsibilities into their own hands.
There are two types of take-back requirements that are relevant; “1-1, like for like take-back” and “1-0, general take-back”.