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WEEE Directive
RoHS Directive
Duty of Care and Data Protection Act
Registration Evaluation Authorisation of Chemicals Directive (REACH)
Eco-Design of Energy-Using Products Directive (EuP)
Plant-a-Tree Program

 

WEEE Directive

As production and use of electrical and electronic equipment has grown, there has also been a rise in the disposal of such equipment. As a result, potentially harmful pollutants end up in the environment. The WEEE Directive 2007 aims to minimise the impact of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their lifetimes and when they become waste.

Hammer is committed to meeting the requirements of the European Union's WEEE Directive and is a member of a WEEE compliance scheme. Hammer’s WEEE registration number is WEE/HG0196VQ.

Hammer PLC is compliant with all aspects of the WEEE regulations and offers recycling solutions, enabling its customers to dispose of their end of life equipment in an environmentally responsible manner.

Where available, WEEE policies for Hammer’s manufacturers can be found on the individual manufacturer pages.

If you require further information on Hammer’s recycling programme or wish to obtain costs for logistics and special pricing please email: info@hammerplc.com

 

RoHS Directive

The RoHS Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants from 1 July 2006. There are a number of exempted applications for these substances. RoHS takes its scope broadly from the WEEE Directive and manufacturers need to ensure that their products – and their components – comply in order to stay on the Single Market.

Over five million tonnes of hazardous waste is produced each year in England and Wales, half of which is disposed of in landfill sites. The new legislation means that it is no longer possible to dispose of hazardous waste with non-hazardous waste (co-disposal).

Businesses could now find themselves dealing with hazardous waste for the first time, with many newly classified as hazardous that are destined to landfill. Such businesses will have to register with the Environment Agency, and fulfil their ‘Duty of Care’.

Where available, RoHS policies for Hammer’s manufacturers can be found on the individual manufacturer pages.

 

Duty of Care and Data Protection Act

The Duty of Care applies to all controlled and hazardous wastes. This means that waste materials produced as part of your business or within your workplace are regulated by law and are subject to the Duty of Care.

As a business, you have a duty to ensure that any waste you produce is handled safely and in accordance with the law. You are responsible for ensuring the safe and proper disposal or recovery of waste that you produce even after you have passed it on to another party. The Duty of Care has no time limit, and extends until the waste has either been properly disposed of or fully recovered.

The Data Protection Act is relevant where products such as hard disk drives in IT equipment covered under the new legislation, may contain personal data. When disposing of the equipment, strict penalties are imposed if personal data is released. Appropriate and accountable whether you directly destroy data or use a third party.

Registration Evaluation Authorisation of Chemicals Directive (REACH)

Registration Evaluation Authorisation of Chemicals Directive REACH, the new European system for regulating chemical safety, will affect most businesses in Europe in one way or another, even those who would normally not consider themselves involved in chemical regulation.

It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances. The new law entered into force on 1 June 2007.

The REACH Regulation gives greater responsibility to industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances. Manufacturers and importers will be required to gather information on the properties of their chemical substances, which will allow their safe handling, and to register the information in a central database run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki.

Hammer’s policy is to provide products and services that are safe to use and environmentally sound throughout their lifecycle. Hammer will meet all REACH requirements and is committed to providing our customers with information about the chemicals in our products as needed to comply with REACH.

 

Eco-Design of Energy-Using Products (EuP)

The Eco-design for Energy Related Products Regulations was transposed into UK law in November 2010. The regulations requires manufacturers or their representative of energy using products placed on the market to provide environmental assessment information during the entire product lifecycle.

Before an EuP is marketed or put into service, a CE conformity marking must be fixed to it and a declaration of conformity issued, which states that it complies with all relevant implementing measures. The manufacturer or their authorised representative must make sure that an assessment of the EuP's conformity with all relevant requirements is carried out.

 

 

Plant-a-Tree Program

Hammer work closely with leading storage manufactures to provide the best value IT storage products, solutions and services.  The commitment to excellence we strive for in the provision  of our products, solutions and services is echoed in our environmental policies and we are pleased to announce that in partnership with the National Forest Company, Hammer will be participating in the ‘Plant A Tree’ programme.  The programme enables Hammer, it’s suppliers and customers, to off set our carbon footprint from technical purchases through donations to the programme, effectively planting a number of trees on an annual basis.

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