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Producer Responsibility in Europe

The European Union (EU) has implemented the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE - 2002/96/EC) Directive to ensure the proper collection, treatment and recycling of waste electronic products in the EU countries. As a producer of electronic and electrical equipment, Baxter complies with the WEEE Directive. Under the Directive and its implementing regulations, when customers buy new Baxter electrical and electronic equipment they are entitled to:

 

· Send old equipment for recycling on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis (this varies depending on the country)


· Send the new equipment back for recycling when this ultimately becomes waste

 

WEEE Directive

In this section you can find information on how to dispose your Baxter product in an appropriate way and according to the mandates of the WEEE EU directive. Baxter products that are marked with the crossed-out wheeled bin WEEE symbol should not be disposed as unsorted municipal waste. The marked equipment should be collected separately and returned to the designated recycling service.

 

The separate collection and recycling of your waste equipment will help to protect human health and the environment and will be compliant with the scope of the WEEE directive. Baxter has contracted various waste management and recycling companies that handle our products across Europe during disposal. 

 

*Please note that implanted medical devices and infected products are not regulated under the WEEE Directive but rather must be disposed of as medical waste.

Producer Responsibility and WEEE

     

     

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