NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF WASTE ELECTRICAL
& ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
As a result of the Environmental Protection Agency’s
publication, the European
Hazardous Waste list, certain waste electrical and
electronic waste may no longer be accepted into the
normal waste stream. This means that this equipment,
as listed below, is not to be put in office bins or
skips for disposal.
These goods include:
- White goods (fridges, washing machines etc.)
- Paint products
- Gas cylinders
- Medium to Large I.T. equipment (monitors, PCs,
Photocopiers etc)
- Batteries
- Small I.T. equipment (mobile phones, land line
phones, calculators etc.)
- Other electrical equipment e.g. toasters, hand
drills etc.
The responsibility for the safe disposal of these items
will be that of each individual department. For information
on how to dispose of any Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment, please email your query to environment@ucd.ie
Before your Waste Electrical & Electronic
Equipment can be removed do you know the following information?
- How much equipment do you have to dispose of? E.g.
12 monitors, 2 small fridges, 15 PCs, 14 keyboards,
1 Fridge/Freezer etc. [n.b. It is not
necessary for you to know the make and models of the
items.]
- Where is the equipment stored?
- Is there any particularly heavy equipment?
- Have you insured that the equipment is empty e.g.
have fridges been emptied etc?
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