Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Belgium

Regulations concerning the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Belgium are implemented at a regional administrative level:

• In the Brussels Capital region by an amendment to the existing Producer Responsibility Decree which came into force on June 3rd 2005
• In the Flanders (Flemish) Region by amendments to the Waste Prevention and Management Ordinance (VLAREA) which came into force on December 1st 2004
• In the Wallonia region by an amendment to the existing Producer Responsibility Decree which came into force on June 3rd 2005

For equipment that you buy from AB SCIEX after August 13th 2005, AB SCIEX is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from AB SCIEX replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.

Under each regional WEEE Regulations, AB SCIEX is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from AB SCIEX after August 13th 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.

AB SCIEX has joined compliance scheme Recupel to manage all aspects of WEEE collection and recycling in Belgium. Please contact Recupel (phone: 0800 403 88, fax: +32 2 706 86 24, email: logistics@recupel.be) to arrange collection of the WEEE.