The European Union Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) aims to reduce the disposition of waste electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) within the European Union.
It imposes upon producers the financial responsibility for the separation, collection, treatment and recovery of electrical and electronic equipment waste.
It applies to ten Categories of electrical and electronic equipment, including Category 8, Medical Devices, with the exception of all implanted and infected products.
Article 12 of the WEEE Directive, “Information for Treatment Facilities”, requires producers of EEE to provide reuse and treatment information for each type of EEE put on the market, within one year after the EEE is put on the market. This information is to identify, as far as it is needed by reuse centers, treatment and recycling facilities, the different EEE components and materials, as well as the location of dangerous substances and preparations in the EEE. This information shall be made available by producers of the EEE in the form of manuals or by means of electronic media (e.g., CD-ROM, online services).
This section serves as the location of Philips Healthcare “Information for Treatment Facilities” such that they are available to reuse centers and treatment facilities that handle waste Philips Medical Systems EEE.
Recyling passports
Philips Healthcare has chosen a specific template in which to display this “Information for Treatment Facilities” for each type of EEE they put on the market. This template is called a “Recycling Passport”.
The Philips Healthcare Recycling Passports may be accessed by business modality and product name or number, as indicated in the product name and /or number on the EEE itself and the file name for the passport.