Guidance

Transporting electrical and electronic waste

How to transport electrical and electronic waste materials, such as small household appliances, IT equipment and power tools (note 26).

From:
Department for Transport
Published
7 July 2017

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DfT guidance note 26: carriage of small mixed WEEE (SMW) from collection points to intermediate processing facilities

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This note gives guidance on the transportation of small mixed waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) from collection points to processing facilities.

WEEE items include:

  • small household appliances
  • IT and communications equipment
  • power tools
  • toys
  • sports equipment
  • medical devices
  • control instruments
  • smoke detectors
  • dispensers

The note doesn’t cover:

  • cathode-ray tubes
  • flat-screen televisions and monitors
  • refrigeration equipment
  • large domestic appliances and fluorescent lamps
  • items from ‘bring banks’
  • items collected as part of kerbside recycling collection rounds

This guidance was issued on 15 February 2017. It was previously published as PDF. See the UK Government Web Archive.

See further guidance notes regarding the transportation of dangerous goods.

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Published 7 July 2017

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