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Our
culture
At Gendan
Limited, we try to ensure that we do our part to look after the world
we live and work in.
- Energy
consumption: We are careful with our use of energy - using only
energy-saving lighting and heating - and we turn off almost all electrical
equipment at night.
- Waste:
We make every effort to produce as little waste as possible - recycling
or re-using as much as we can.
- Packaging:
Where possible, we use lightweight and biodegradeable materials
for packaging and try to re-use all of the packaging we receive. If
we can't reuse it, we'll recycle it.
- Vehicles:
We don't operate company cars or have a fleet of polluting vehicles.
- Products:
We ensure that our products comply with European legislation on Waste
Electrical Equipment and Hazardous Substances.
- Suppliers:
In line with WEEE and RoHS requirements, we carefully select our suppliers
to meet European environmental standards.
And by the
very nature of the products we produce and sell, we are hoping to help
car owners monitor and reduce their own carbon emissions.
RoHS compliance
The RoHS
Directive restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical
and electronic equipment. This 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.
The RoHS
Directive and the UK RoHS regulations came into force on 1 July 2006.
Prior to
the introduction of the ROHS requirements, we worked with each of our
suppliers to confirm that products and components met the requirements.
This included destructive testing of certain products to confirm that
either substances weren't present or that any traces were well within
the agreed limits.
All new
products are sourced only from suppliers meeting the RoHS standards.
WEEE Directive
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The
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was agreed
on 13 February 2003, along with the related Directive on Restrictions
of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic
equipment (RoHS).
The
UK Regulations implementing the WEEE Directive were laid before
Parliament on 12 December 2006 and came into force on 2 January
2007.
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WEEE is
one of the fastest growing waste streams in the western world with approximately
2 million tonnes of equipment being thrown away every year in the UK.
The WEEE
Directive falls into a category of legislation referred to as 'Producer
Responsibility' and requires businesses to take responsibility for the
impact on the environment when their products become waste.
Gendan Limited
is registered with the Environment Agency as a producer under the WEEE
Directive. Our producer number is WEE/FF0069TY
Business
WEEE collection
Business
customers purchasing new EEE from us and wishing to arrange collection
of like-for-like WEEE products, can contact us for information on WEEE
collection.
Consumer
WEEE take-back scheme
WEEE should
be not be disposed of as general municpal waste. It should instead be
processed through local recycling and disposal facilities. Local councils
will be able to provide information on the location of facilities near
you.
If you are
purchasing a like-for-like EEE (Electronic and Electrical Equipment) product
from us that will completely replace an existing product you have, under
the WEEE legislation, you can return your old product to us for disposal.
Please contact us for details on doing this.
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