WEEE Product End of Life Legislation

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Anyone clued up on it. I've done a quick search online and it says shop has to take our old fridge thats packed up back when we buy its replacement, free or charge.

Buying new fridge from Comet and it says £9.99 charge

Think I had similar with a washing machine a few years back but think I got rid in the end due to scrap value, but fridges with their CFC gases etc are a tad different

Any comments welcome.

 

[Shadeyman]

Local council dump will accept it from you free, but you do have to take it there.
http://fridgedisposal.co.uk

 

[dave]

did you buy the old fridge from commet?

 

[dombooth]

WEEE - Ahhhh

As far as I know, the place you bought it from originally has a duty to accept it back as waste.

Dom

 

[Eklipze3k]

They have a duty to accept it back, but not to collect it - i expect the £9.99 is a collection charge.

 

[dave]

just leave it out side the house an see if it disapears, my tumble dryer disapeared like that

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

did you buy the old fridge from commet?

No, only the new.

I've checked online (lost the link now) says they have to take old, either in store if collected, or collect it if new is delivered with no charge.

CBA with the hassle of arguing though so just going to take it down the tip. Just annoys me that companies legally have to do something but try not to

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

just leave it out side the house an see if it disapears, my tumble dryer disapeared like that

Fridge has the gasses in though so they can't be weighed in as easily as a tuble dryer

 

[Focus Owner]

still got a fridge magnet?

 

[dave]

Fridge has the gasses in though so they can't be weighed in as easily as a tuble dryer

wont stop the thieves they will hide it in the middle and/or rip the bit out that holds the gases

 

[EvoStevo]

just leave it out side the house an see if it disapears, my tumble dryer disapeared like that

I had some old bbq's that did this too - saved me a trip to the dump

 

[jenks69]

I put an immersion tank outside at the top of a flight of steps went in to grab car keys before carrying it down the car, was long gone within 60 seconds Theiving gits :bang::doh:Ahhhh

 

[udtrev]

Just changed my tele with Currys,

The look on the guys' faces when they realised they had to take a 32" CRT widescreen stereo TV down a flight of stairs was priceless (for free)

Mind you the guy slid it down the stairs on the glass and it didn't break :yikes:

Trev

 

[dave]

Just changed my tele with Currys,

The look on the guys' faces when they realised they had to take a 32" CRT widescreen stereo TV down a flight of stairs was priceless (for free)

Mind you the guy slid it down the stairs on the glass and it didn't break :yikes:

Trev

if it was silver case it be worth 3 quid scrap if it black it be worth 2 quid

 

[dave]

Fridge has the gasses in though so they can't be weighed in as easily as a tuble dryer

mrs dave say there loads of people advertising on fb in your area who are licensed and will collect for free

 

[dave]

also if fridge is clean and working, no split sills, bhf F&E store Lowestoft will collect it for free

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

It's not working Properly unfortunately, only cools to 12-15C, so kaput

 

[Modette]

Loads of people on Gumtree who collect for free too.

 

[PuntoHowTo]

Mind you the guy slid it down the stairs on the glass and it didn't break

its because the glass that makes up the Screen on a CRT TV is about an inch and a half thick you have to hit them really hard with a sledge hammer to break them