Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Spain

Under the Spanish Royal Decree 208/2005 on Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Management of its Waste which came into force on August 13th 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 the waste electrical and electronic equipment (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 the Decree, 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 products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as AB SCIEX is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products, AB SCIEX has decided to share these new environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to address.

Our approach to sharing these new environmental costs is:

• AB SCIEX pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE to meet the targets set by the Decree.
• AB SCIEX pays for the costs of data management and reporting to the General Directorate of Quality and Environmental Assessment of the Ministry of the Environment to demonstrate compliance with all administrative requirements of the Decree.
• you pay for transportation of your WEEE to AB SCIEX's appointed recycler in Spain.

AB SCIEX has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN recycling facility in Spain. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of AB SCIEX products is classed as non-hazardous waste.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to the recycler. Under Spanish waste management procedures, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport non-hazardous WEEE to the EARN recycler, providing the weight of equipment to be transported is less than 1000 kg.

For larger quantities of waste you may wish to contact the recycler directly in order to arrange and pay for an alternative collection method. The EARN recycling facilities in Spain are:

There is no legal requirement that WEEE be accompanied by documentation when transported in Spain. However, in order to enable EARN to identify AB SCIEX equipment upon arrival at the recycler's address, please download the recycling label for North-East Spain, the recycling label for Southern Spain, or the recycling label for the rest of Spain. Complete the label with your company details and attach it to a suitable box for transport to EARN.

WEEE Reporting Recycling Data for AB SCIEX Equipment in Spain

Under Article 11 of Decree 208/2005, AB SCIEX must provide annual information on the quantities and categories of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market, reused, recycled and recovered within Spain.

The first WEEE recycling report will cover the period July 2009 to June 2010. EARN will prepare the recycling data report for AB SCIEX. Information in the EARN recycling data report will be summarised on the AB SCIEX website when it becomes available.