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CONSUMER NOTICE 21 February 2007 RECYCLING OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT What is it all about? The responsibility to organise a waste maintenance system for electrical and electronic equipment has been transferred from the consumers to the producers. This change is based on European Union’s directive about electrical and electronic scrap as well as on a national change in the waste law and a regulation of the Council of State. The producer is either the one who produces the product, or is a retailer or a seller which sells equipment under its own trademark. The recycling of the electrical and electronic equipment, which is no longer in use, is based on the producer responsibility and began operation on the 13th August, 2005. Costs of recycling The producers are responsible for organising the recycling as well as for the costs incurred. The producers will add the costs to the prices of their products. The recycling might be entered on a separate receipt but all electrical and electronic equipment sold in shops should include the cost of the recycling in the price. Returning electrical and electronic scrap Consumers can deliver their old electrical and electronic equipment to official collection points maintained by producer societies for free if it has only been used in households. The basic principle is that a consumer can return a maximum of three items of the same product at a time. The equipment needs to be in one piece when returned. The shop does not have a legal responsibility to accept electrical and electronic equipment, but is obliged to indicate the nearest official collection point to the client. If the shop will accept old equipment from a consumer in connection with a purchase, it will not be charged separately. When a shop collects old electrical and electronic scrap from households, it has the right to charge the consumer for the costs incurred. Collection points There are about 360 official collection points in Finland at the moment. Their contact information can be found in www.elker.fi. Company xxx (the place where the main office is located) The nearest collection points are xxx and xxx (the main office fills this in)