UK households dispose of over 1.2 million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste every year. Much of the UK’s electronic waste ends up in landfill sites, where toxins put communities at risk.

Failure to segregate any type of recyclable material in the home will usually result in items being disposed of in a landfill site (buried in the ground in the UK) or being incinerated.

This is a requirement under UK and European legislation (The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment – or WEEE – Directive).

The aim of the legislation is to:

• Make good use of the materials that make up old electrical equipment by recycling rather than disposing in landfill.
• Prevent the negative environmental effects of sending often hazardous electrical equipment to landfill.

As a conscientious business, Auravita.com has chosen to group together with other retailers in joining the ‘Distributor Take Back Scheme’. Through this scheme, we have paid toward the provision of improved of recycling facilities for our customers.

Auravita.com is unable to accept old appliances back – we do not have a legal obligation to do so.

Customers will be able to take any old electrical equipment to participating civic amenity sites (often known as ‘household waste recycling centres’) run by their local councils.

To remind you to recycle, all Electrical and Electronic Equipment made after 13th August 2005 are marked with a crossed out wheeled bin symbol.

Either send the product to be repaired and reused or use the bank locator to find where it can be recycled.

Wherever practical, old electrical waste should not be disposed of with your household waste. You can locate your closest participating collection site at www.recycle-more.co.uk (Please remember to have your postcode to hand).

To minimise our impact on this earth and to protect the environment for future generations it is important that we are all aware of the consequences of our actions and how we can make a difference. RECYCLE MORE!