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   WEEE Compliance for Spain

   Collection and Recycling Arrangements in Spain

Under the Spanish Royal Decree 208/2005 on Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Management of its Waste which came into force on August 13th 2005, for certain types of equipment that you buy from the producer after August 13th 2005, the producer is required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) that your new purchase replaces, on a one-for-one, like-for-like basis. In addition, the producer is also required to provide arrangements for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of certain types of electrical and electronic equipment that you buy from them after August 13th 2005 when that equipment eventually becomes waste.

Industrial Inkjet supplies inkjet printer heads and control system electronics which are designed to be integrated into an inkjet printer. Inkjet printer heads and control system electronics are components that are not covered by any of the requirements of the Decree. Although there is no legal requirement for Industrial Inkjet to arrange for the collection and recycling of its products once these become waste, Industrial Inkjet is an environmentally responsible company. We have therefore decided to establish a voluntary take-back and recycling service in Spain to ensure the environmentally sound treatment and disposal of our products.

Industrial Inkjet products are very competitively priced. Any new increase in operating costs for manufacturers such as Industrial Inkjet is normally reflected in a price increase in the product. However, instead of increasing the prices of our products, Industrial Inkjet has decided to share these new environmental costs directly with our customers. We believe in being transparent with you on any new environmental costs that our products need to address.

Our approach to sharing these new environmental costs is:

• Industrial Inkjet pays for the costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of its products once these become waste.
• Industrial Inkjet pays for the costs of data management and reporting to demonstrate the environmentally sound treatment and disposal of its products.
• You pay for transportation of Industrial Inkjet products once these have become waste to Industrial Inkjet's appointed recycler in Spain.

Industrial Inkjet has established a recycling contract with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of the WEEE on arrival at the EARN facility in Spain. Industrial Inkjet printer products that have become waste are classed as non-hazardous WEEE.

It is your responsibility to arrange and pay for costs of collection and transportation to EARN. Under Spanish waste management procedures, you are free to use any carrier you wish to collect and transport non-hazardous WEEE to the EARN recycler, providing the weight of equipment to be transported is less than 1000 kg.

For larger quantities of waste you may wish to contact the recycler directly in order to arrange and pay for an alternative collection method. The Industrial Inkjet recyclers in Spain are: