Whats required of retailers?
Retailers are referred to as Distributors through the Regulations. Every retailer selling electrical goods, no matter how small a part of their business, will be required to register and contribute to a central fund or offer free in-store take back from implementation date on a ‘like for like’ basis. Unlike the Packaging Waste Regulations, Charities are NOT exempt. The government requires retailers to ensure that there is an ‘adequate network’ of facilities that allow consumers to be able to dispose of their WEEE free of charge. The government decided to tender out the running of a Distributor Takeback Scheme that would have responsibility for delivering this adequate network. This was contracted out to Valpak for a three year period that ends on 31 Dec 2009. This took responsibility for raising the necessary funds from EEE retailers – approximately £10m – and using them to fund the enhancement of the Civic Amenity site network to improve their WEEE separation capabilities Retailers ar
