FAQs - Removals and Recycling

UPS relation information including planning, logistics and commissioning.

As part of the delivery and installation of a new uninterruptible power supply system we can decommission and remove the old UPS system for stripdown and recycling. Our transportation team will take the removed UPS to the nearest recycling centre and it will be handed over to them under controlled documentation for scrapping. The recycling specialist will strip the UPS down into its component assembles and recycle those materials that can be recycled.

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive 2002/95/EC, is a Directive that restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and was adopted in February 2003 by the European Union.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) which, with the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, became European Law in February 2003.

When we remove batteries from site we hand them over to a specialist battery recycling company who then strip down the batteries into their plastic, lead and acid components. The recylcing company is licensed and conforms to the necessary WEEE and RohS legislation.



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