Sustainability & Environmental Policy
We are aware that our operations can have an impact on the environment and are therefore committed to:
- Minimising their negative impact on the global and local environment, community, society and economy.
- Complying fully with the relevant Irish, EU and international environmental regulatory requirements.
- Integrating sustainability considerations into our business decisions.
- Working with suppliers to source and supply products with low environmental impact.
- Identifying, controlling and disposing of products that have special handling and waste treatment needs.
- Continual environmental improvement in respect of the products we sell and our internal operations.
- Enquiries about any aspect of the environmental and sustainability policy should be referred to any Manager or our Environmental Compliance Manager at Head Office.
WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
EWL Electric Ltd is both a "producer" and a "retailer" of WEEE.
As a retailer under the WEEE regulations, we are obliged to provide the following information to customers:
- The symbol below, when found on electrical and electronic equipment, indicates that at the end of its life it should not be treated as normal household waste.
- Within Ireland around 60,000 tonnes of WEEE are placed onto the market each year, and only 65% of this figure is recovered for treatment and re-use or disposal. If this waste is not disposed of correctly, there could be potential harm to your health and the environment.
- To ensure safe treatment and to increase re-use and recycling of material we offer in-store take-back for any waste electrical product. If you the purchaser/account holder are the end user of the product, this "like for like" (old for new) service is free.
- For more information about recycling WEEE, packaging materials and many other waste items, please refer to the Irish WEEE website www.weeeireland.ie
As a producer & retailer under the WEEE regulations, EWL Electric Ltd has registered with the WEEE Ireland Compliance Scheme (Scheme number EWL100). All EEE for which EWL Electric Ltd is producer will be marked with the following logo:
EWL Electric Ltd also provides a service for commercial users to take back their WEEE and a free take-back scheme for batteries of a type sold by the business. Contact your local location for details.
Register of Producers
All producers of WEEE are obliged to register with the Producer Register Limited. The register of producers is co-ordinated by the Environment Protection Agency. Download the register here.
Hazardous Waste
All EWL Electric Ltd locations are permitted and licensed to accept hazardous waste that falls within the scope of the WEEE regulations. This includes fluorescent lamps, discharge lamps, refrigerators and CRT displays.
Waste Carriage
EWL Electric Ltd holds the following waste carrier's licences:
Northern Ireland
ROC UT 2517