Under Act 733/2004 which transposes the WEEE and RoHS Directives in Slovakia, for equipment that you buy from IDEXX after August 13th 2005, IDEXX is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of WEEE that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. The old equipment that your new purchase from the IDEXX replaces is referred to as Historic WEEE.
Under Act 352/2005, IDEXX is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of any new electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from IDEXX after August 13th 2005, when that new equipment eventually becomes waste. This is referred to as New WEEE.
You pay for transportation of your WEEE to IDEXX's appointed recycler in Slovakia.
IDEXX has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the equipment on arrival at the EARN recycling facility in Slovakia. All New WEEE that arises from the purchase of IDEXX products is classed as non-hazardous waste.