IT efficient has over 30 years experience of recycling electrical waste. We support our clients in all aspects of current and forthcoming environmental compliance, including waste transfer, Duty of Care, Special Waste Regulations and the forthcoming WEEE directive (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment Directive).

WEEE Directive

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is the fastest growing element in the municipal waste stream. There are many hazardous substances used in handsets including lead, cadmium, mercury, bromine compounds and arsenic.

The disposal of these substances creates a genuine threat of pollution to our water, air and land. The EC has issued the WEEE Directive that aims to reduce the waste arising from electrical and electronic equipment.

The WEEE Directive sets targets that 65% of IT equipment must be recycled and materials such, LCD displays, printed circuit boards, batteries and flame retardant plastics be pre-treated before disposal.

By using IT efficient's services, your organisation can provide demonstrable compliance to the WEEE Directive. We already exceed the WEEE Directive requirements and reuse/recycle over 98% of redundant IT equipment and accessories with the remainder being recovered resulting in 0% to land fill.

If you require further information on the WEEE directive we have attached a link to the Department of Trade and Industry which provides a full overview of the WEEE directive. Our environmental manager would be pleased to provide regular updates and is available to your compliance and environmental departments.

Environmental Protection Act 1990

Organisations have a duty of care to ensure that wastes are consigned to registered carriers and properly stored and disposed of at appropriately licensed facilities. Directors, Managers and other employees who deal with environmental waste matters can all be held liable under the law.

Through our services, organisations can ensure complete compliance to current environmental legislation. IT efficient audits all key suppliers and waste processors to verify the quality of supply chain partners. In turn, the British Standards Institute regularly audit IT efficient in accordance with our ISO 14001 (environmental management), and ISO 9001 (quality management) certification.

Landfill Regulations 2002

The Landfill (England & Wales) Regulations 2002 came into force on 15th June 2002 to reduce the negative environmental effects of landfill. Certain hazardous wastes are prohibited from landfills and pre-treatment of wastes prior to landfill is required.

Through our services, organisations can ensure compliance with the rising mountain of environmental legislation. IT efficient audits all key suppliers and waste processors to verify the quality of supply chain partners. In turn, the British Standards Institute regularly audits IT efficient in accordance with our ISO 14001 (environmental management), ISO 9001:2000 (quality management) certification.

Our Environmental Policy

We are a responsible member of the business community and as a major recycling company recognise that we have an important part to play in environmental protection through the maximisation of the re-use of materials and the avoidance of unnecessary disposal of electronic equipment as waste to landfill. It is therefore one of our major business objectives to seek effective routes for the re-use and recycling of electronic equipment and to identify and promote the use of these routes among our potential client base.

However, as a company we also create environmental impacts. We have, therefore, as part of our systems of environmental control, achieved certification to the international environmental management standard ISO 14001. The environmental management system we have adopted under ISO 14001 commits us to:

• Regularly assessing the environmental impacts or our activities and services and, based on the results of these assessments, setting annual environmental objectives and targets to enable us to achieve continual improvement of our environmental performance.

   

• Remaining at all times fully aware of both the environmental legislation that applies to our activities and also to those standards and codes of practice to which we subscribe. We are committed to ensuring compliance with the requirements of such legislation and standards by carrying out regular audits.

   

• Preventing pollution and minimising the environmental impacts that we create by:

   

  • Introducing, maintaining and improving procedures for effective waste reduction and control within our business.

     

  • Monitoring the energy we use for building heating, operation of equipment and travel and reducing this as far as practicable through energy reduction initiatives.

     

  • Reducing our emissions to atmosphere and use of resources by careful choice of equipment and effective maintenance.

   

• Ensuring that all our staff are fully aware of our environmental policy and of the environmental impacts of their individual jobs to ensure that they can play their part in ensuring that our overall environmental impacts are reduced to a minimum.

It is part of our policy to maintain a dialogue on environmental issues with all our stakeholders, including employees, suppliers, contractors, customers and the general public. We aim to ensure that all environmental issues and requirements relating to stakeholders are fully understood to enable us to maximise our environmental benefits and minimise those impacts that are detrimental.

This policy fully endorsed by the entire IT efficient directorate. It is reviewed annually and updated as required to ensure our commitment to the changing environmental conditions to which all business is subject.