WEEELABEX Certification:
WEEELABEX certified!
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The Van Leeuwen Recycling Group has various certifications that ensure that we operate in a safe, conscious and environmentally friendly manner. For example, in addition to the MRF and Ecostars Road (two stars), we also have the WEEELABEX certification, obtained via TÜV Nederland. You can therefore come to the Van Leeuwen Recycling Group not only for processing your old metals and other waste streams, but also for processing e-waste thanks to WEEELABEX certification. Do you still have discarded electronic devices lying around? Make it our concern as a WEEELABEX certified company and choose a safe, fast and sustainable way to process your old electronic equipment.
WEEELABEX certification: we are WEEELABEX certified!
WEEELABEX Certification: we are WEEELABEX certified!
Van Leeuwen Recycling Group has been issued several certificates, meaning we can be sure that our procedures are safe, environmentally aware and environmentally friendly. For instance, in addition to holding MRF and Ecostars Road (two stars) certificates, we are WEEELABEX-certified, having obtained our accreditation from TÜV Netherlands. Thanks to the WEEELABEX certificate, Van Leeuwen Recycling Group is not only allowed to process your scrap metal and other waste streams, but is certified to process your electronic waste as well. So if you have any electronic devices lying around that you’d like to get rid of, be sure to entrust them to our WEEELABEX-certified care and opt for a safe, quick and sustainable way to process your unwanted electronic devices.
WEEELABEX in practice
OK, so we are WEEELABEX-certified. What does this actually mean for the way in which your electronic waste is processed? Van Leeuwen Group distinguishes between bulky equipment, small household appliances and computers and their accessories. We can completely disassemble each type of appliance, no matter to which category it belongs, thus allowing us to separate all the various materials. This enables us to recycle 90% of the bulky equipment we collect, as well as 91% of small household appliances and computers and their accessories. When we disassemble devices, we remove harmful plastics that may contain bromide, thus allowing them to be disposed of safely.
Since July 1, 2015, companies are no longer allowed to process electrical and electronic equipment if they are not WEEELABEX certified. This WEEELABEX standard was established by the Dutch government and aims to process or dispose of e-waste effectively, efficiently and correctly according to high quality requirements. This protects public health, safety and the environment., and cross-border shipments to non-certified companies are stopped. with the WEEELABEX standard.
The WEEELABEX certification stands for Waste of Electronic and Electronic Equipment Label of Excellence and falls under the WEEE legislation. In summary, the label contains rules for the collection, transportation, storage, treatment and recycling of electronic equipment. Companies that meet the WEEELABEX requirements meet, may count themselves among the WEEELABEX companies and thereby demonstrate that they meet the quality standard for the treatment and processing of old electrical and electronic equipment. This certification can only be obtained when companies comply with the best possible treatment processes for electronic equipment and so you know that in addition to WEEELABEX companies, there are no companies that have better or more environmentally friendly processing for these devices.
‘WEEELABEX’ is short for ‘Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Label of Excellence’. The certification scheme is subject to WEEE legislation. In a nutshell, the label governs the collection, transport, storage, processing and recycling of electronic devices. Companies that meet the WEEELABEX requirements are allowed to call themselves ‘WEEELABEX-compliant companies’ and may use their certification to show that they meet the quality requirements for the processing and disposal of unwanted electrical and electronic devices. Companies can only be certified if they meet the requirements of optimal processing processes for electronic equipment. So if a company is certified, you can be sure that there are no other companies (besides other WEEELABEX-compliant companies) that have more efficient or more environmentally friendly processing procedures for these types of devices.
